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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the other two creatures give her?
(a) A cup and a piece of paper.
(b) A rock and a stick.
(c) A button and a piece of gum.
(d) A flower and a blade of grass.

2. What does Ford plan to use to buy the spaceship?
(a) A company credit card.
(b) An IOU on a slip of green paper.
(c) His shoes.
(d) Information.

3. Why is it difficult to tell Random's age?
(a) She is growing up and down out of sequence with time.
(b) She grew up time travelling and in day care time zones.
(c) She is caught in a personal space-time flux.
(d) She is a combinations of different ages at the same time.

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

5. What food do the aliens feed Tricia?
(a) Soup.
(b) Hamburgers.
(c) Omelettes.
(d) Fried chicken.

6. What does Old Thrashberg say life will be like without Arthur?
(a) Less weird.
(b) Less annoying.
(c) Less tasty.
(d) The same.

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

8. What shape is Colin, the security robot?
(a) Pyrimid-shaped.
(b) Spherical.
(c) Cubical.
(d) Conical.

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

10. How does the barman respond to the size of the tip Ford wants to leave the singer at the Bar & Grill?
(a) He faints.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He stares.
(d) He shrugs.

11. Whose holographic image does the Guide first project for Random?
(a) Arthur's.
(b) Old Thrashburg's.
(c) Random's.
(d) Trillian's.

12. How does Random ruin Arthur's knife?
(a) She uses it to cut a window in the wall.
(b) She uses it to dig up stones.
(c) She uses it to throw at a target.
(d) She uses it to carve wood.

13. What does Old Thrashberg say is needed to attract the attention of a Perfectly Normal Beast?
(a) A pikka bird.
(b) A handful of wheat.
(c) A handful of dust.
(d) A purple flower.

14. What is the Vogon captain's primary goal?
(a) To check off the box that says he's completed his orders.
(b) To retire quiety to a small planet where he can grow asparagus.
(c) To afford a vacation on an intergalactic cruiser.
(d) To manage to be demoted and have another Vogon take his place as captain.

15. Where does Random throw Arthur's watch?
(a) At Arthur.
(b) At the glasses behind the bar.
(c) At a waiter carrying a tray of drinks.
(d) At Trillian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the color of the eye-catching spaceship parked in front of the Bar & Grill?

2. Who does Arthur think named the Perfectly Normal Beast?

3. In what area of London is Tricia's video editing suite?

4. How long do Ford and Arthur spend trying to catch the attention of a Perfectly Normal Beast?

5. Where does Old Thrashbarg say the Perfectly Normal Beasts come from?

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