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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do boghogs do to communicate?

2. What was used to draw the side of the President of NowWhat's head on the picture of him hanging in the airport?

3. The character in the alien book Arthur reads dies of _______________.

4. What is the name of the company that has bought the Guide?

5. What told Tricia that the man she met at the party was definitely from another planet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eric want Tricia to do when she gets home?

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

3. According to Eric the gardener, what happened to Mrs. Williams' cat?

4. Who comes to find out what Ford is doing in the virtual reality?

5. What does the Hitch Hiker's Guide do to areas where it sets up its offices?

6. What happens to the crew of the Grebulon ship?

7. What does Ford realize is odd about the thirteenth floor of the Guide building?

8. What does the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mk II look like?

9. Why is Arthur the sole survivor of the space ship crash?

10. How was the alien Tricia met at the party disguised?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arthur and Ford are literary foils. Compare their characters and roles in the novel.

1) How do Ford and Arthur react differently to change and risk? How do they understand and respond to the universe differently?

2) What do Ford and Arthur value? How are their points of view different, and how does this relate to their identity? How does it affect their actions and choices?

3) Why does the author use two characters who are opposites? How does it affect the story and the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss happiness in the novel.

1) What creates happiness in the novel? Are the factors that contribute to happiness internal or external?

2) How do personality and identity contribute to happiness in the novel?

3) What is the relationship between happiness and belonging in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

All of the characters have unique and sometimes conflicting perspectives in the novel. Discuss relative perspectives and points of view in the novel.

1) What are the limitations of individual perspectives of characters like Arthur, Ford, Tricia, and Random? How do their perspectives affect their choices?

2) Why does the author emphasize limited, individual perspectives in the novel?

3) How is a limited perspective necessary for understanding and comprehending the world?

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