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

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

3. What do the Grebulons generally do on long spaceflights?
(a) Watch television.
(b) Play scrabble.
(c) Play solitaire.
(d) Hold plays.

4. How does Colin feel when Ford tells him about his impending fate?
(a) Happy.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Empty.
(d) Sad.

5. 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 clever and obscure.
(b) Something simple and obvious.
(c) Something death-defying.
(d) Something impossible.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Random respond when the Guide offers to stop saying potentially offensive words?

2. What middle name does Random give?

3. To whom is the parcel that the robot drone delivers to Arthur addressed?

4. What does Old Thrashberg say life will be like without Arthur?

5. What is the Vogon captain's primary goal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ford react when he first sees a pikka bird?

2. How does Ford get the new Guide out of the Guide offices?

3. Why doesn't Arthur's watch tell the right time?

4. What does Random find at the crash site?

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

6. Why is Random fascinated by Arthur's watch?

7. What comes out of the trees toward Random, as she goes through the woods?

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

9. What is odd about the Perfectly Normal Beast?

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

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