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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long are the books on the alien world where Arthur settles?
(a) One hundred thousand words.
(b) Fifty thousand and one words.
(c) One hundred and ten pages.
(d) One thousand pages.

2. What is Tricia fixing herself when she goes outside to see what the strange lights are?
(a) Gin and tonic.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Lemonade.

3. What department occupies the fifteenth floor of the Guide offices?
(a) Futuristic Speculation.
(b) Argumentation and Evasiveness.
(c) Formal Apologetics.
(d) Logistical Administration.

4. What do the aliens tell Tricia when she asks their names?
(a) They don't have names.
(b) They don't know.
(c) They won't tell her.
(d) They don't understand the question.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupies the seventeenth floor of the Guide offices?

2. Who finds Tricia to tell her she has a screen test for the job she wants?

3. Ford replaces the security robot's chip with _______________.

4. How old was Ford when he was given his first towel?

5. Where do the aliens say they live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the aliens on Arthur's new planet physically differ from humans?

2. How does Ford return the card he stole from his editor?

3. How does Ford stop himself from falling?

4. What does Ford steal from his new editor?

5. What animal do the armed men in the editor's office remind Ford of?

6. What is the old lady at the cave doing, when Arthur comes to see her?

7. What major event happened to most other versions of the Earth in other dimensions?

8. How does the security robot act after Ford alters it?

9. What do the aliens tell Tricia about Elvis?

10. What does Ford say to the armed men who are in the editor's office?

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