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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How wide is the charging herd of Perfectly Normal Beasts?
(a) Around three hundred yards.
(b) Around nine hundred yards.
(c) Around a hundred yards.
(d) Around six hundred yards.

2. What does Arthur see Ford doing after the shooting at the club?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Jumping.

3. How fast do the Perfectly Normal beasts travel?
(a) Over 20 miles an hour.
(b) Over 50 miles an hour.
(c) Over 2 miles an hour.
(d) Over 100 miles an hour.

4. What condition is Ford in when Arthur discovers him?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is unconscious.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He has a broken arm.

5. What do Ford and Arthur do after they give up trying to catch a beast's attention?
(a) Why Arthur is on such a backwards planet.
(b) Why Ford is there.
(c) What they are doing wrong with the towel.
(d) Who let the Guide get away.

6. Where does Random go to open the parcel?
(a) The blacksmith's.
(b) The site where the Perfectly Normal Beasts come from.
(c) Old Thrashburg's house.
(d) The crash site of Arthur's ship.

7. Where does Old Thrashbarg say the Perfectly Normal Beasts come from?
(a) The Almighty's realm.
(b) Far and away.
(c) The domain of the King.
(d) The other side.

8. Why don't Ford and Arthur want to get too close to the herd of Perfectly Normal Beasts?
(a) They don't want the attention of too many beasts.
(b) They are afraid of being deafened.
(c) They are afraid of being trampled.
(d) They can't stand the smell.

9. For what do Ford and Arthur at first mistake the approaching spring migration of the Perfectly Normal Beasts?
(a) A spaceship.
(b) A train.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) Thunder.

10. How do the aliens get goods from Earth?
(a) By mail order to an address where they make pick-ups.
(b) By disguising themselves as humans.
(c) By special arrangements with a black market racketeer.
(d) By stealing them.

11. What does Trillian think of the sandwich?
(a) It's too bland.
(b) It's wretched.
(c) It's too salty.
(d) It's good.

12. What animals do not react to the arrival of the spaceship?
(a) Grulp slugs.
(b) Pikka birds.
(c) Lagma hounds.
(d) Diddo cats.

13. What do hunters have to do to kill the Perfectly Normal Beasts for food?
(a) Dig pit traps in the ground.
(b) Lasso them with ropes.
(c) Lure them out of the herd.
(d) Drop nets from the trees.

14. What song does Ford ask the singer at the Bar & Grill to perform?
(a) Love Me Tender.
(b) Fools Fall in Love.
(c) You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.
(d) The Yellow Rose of Texas.

15. After Ford and Arthur ride through to the desert world, what does Ford tell Arthur to do?
(a) Let go.
(b) Jump.
(c) Hold on.
(d) Duck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tricia make a model of on the alien computer system on Rupert?

2. Where does Random throw Arthur's watch?

3. What shape is Colin, the security robot?

4. What middle name does Random give?

5. What does the new Guide transform into when it opens itself?

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