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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the aliens enjoy monitoring?
(a) Talk shows.
(b) Action movies.
(c) The Marx brothers.
(d) Game shows.

2. What does Ford plan to do after returning the card he came to return?
(a) Use the security robot as a distraction.
(b) Give himself up.
(c) Fight his way out of the situation.
(d) Talk his way out of the situation.

3. What noise does the computer on the Grebulon ship get in response to a click?
(a) A knock.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A hum.
(d) A tap-tap.

4. What two directives does the computer understand from the corrupted original mission module?
(a) Seek and destroy.
(b) Seek out and stop.
(c) Land and monitor.
(d) Monitor and wait.

5. How long does Tricia think she'll be able to stay standing up, as she talks to her gardener?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

6. What hits the Earth that is the subject of this novel and makes it different from other Earths?
(a) A neutrino.
(b) A cosmic ray.
(c) A quark.
(d) A tiny meteorite.

7. Where is it said that wisdom and truth are to be found?
(a) The deep Southern Depths of the Galaxy.
(b) The cold, stormy Northern Points of the Galaxy.
(c) The outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy.
(d) The furthest points of the Inner Galactic Core.

8. What lesson does Tricia believe life has taught her?
(a) Never to go out without makeup.
(b) Never to refuse a free meal.
(c) Never to expose her true feelings.
(d) Never to go back for her bag.

9. The old lady in the cave wants Arthur's help with __________.
(a) A washing machine.
(b) A blocked chimney.
(c) A photocopier.
(d) A motorcycle.

10. What number does the computer's big mental block seem to have something to do with?
(a) 13.
(b) 21.
(c) 38.
(d) 42.

11. The character in the alien book Arthur reads dies of _______________.
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Thirst.
(c) A bullet.
(d) Exposure.

12. What does Eric pick for good luck?
(a) A daisy.
(b) A dandelion.
(c) A clover.
(d) A fern.

13. What gets hit when Ford ducks to avoid the armored man's weapon?
(a) The editor.
(b) The window.
(c) The desk.
(d) Another one of the armored men.

14. What flavor of ice cream has abnormally low sales in this changed Earth?
(a) Mint chocolate-chip.
(b) Pecan.
(c) Rocky road.
(d) Blueberry.

15. What does the second prayer the prophet gives Arthur ask to protect him from?
(a) His desires.
(b) False prophets.
(c) The first prayer.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Guide, are parallel universes parallel, and are they universes?

2. What does Artur's bellhop look like?

3. What was used to draw the side of the President of NowWhat's head on the picture of him hanging in the airport?

4. Why does Tricia say she is in television?

5. What does Tricia dream about?

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