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

2. In what area of London is Tricia's video editing suite?
(a) Covent Garden.
(b) Mayfair.
(c) Knightsbridge.
(d) Soho.

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

4. What type of solution does Ford look for, to get himself and the Guide out of the thirteenth floor of the Guide offices?
(a) Something impossible.
(b) Something death-defying.
(c) Something clever and obscure.
(d) Something simple and obvious.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ford plan to use to buy the spaceship?

3. For what do Ford and Arthur at first mistake the approaching spring migration of the Perfectly Normal Beasts?

4. How does Random ruin Arthur's knife?

5. When Ford, Arthur, Tricia, Trillian, and Random all meet at the club, who is holding a gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Ford saved the second time he jumped out the window of the Guide building?

2. What does the owner of the spaceship that Ford tries to buy tell him?

3. What does Random find at the crash site?

4. Describe the monument that marks the location where the species Vogon Vogonblurtus first appeared.

5. What worries Ford about what's happened during his visit to the Guide?

6. How does Arthur use Ford's towel to attract a Perfectly Normal Beast?

7. How does the interview between Tricia and Random go?

8. What do Ford and Arthur talk about as they ride the Perfectly Normal Beast away?

9. How is the Earth finally destroyed?

10. Why is Ford worried about the new Guide?

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