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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Reg prepares tea for Richard, he ends up spilling it all over the floor. What causes him to do this?
(a) He's startled by a noise.
(b) Time warp.
(c) His hands fell asleep.
(d) Poltergeist.

2. When Gordon Way leaves a message on Susan's answering machine, what does he request of her?
(a) To get Michael to meet with him the following day.
(b) To get Reg to stop doing his conspicuous tricks.
(c) To get Dirk on a case immediately.
(d) To get Richard working in earnest on Anthem.

3. In Chapter 12, after Richard goes home and pours himself a brandy, the author says there are three reasons he starts to shake, including what?
(a) The apparition of Gordon.
(b) The look in the monk's eyes.
(c) The appearance of the time machine.
(d) The UFO.

4. When Richard first arrives at Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, he overhears Dirk explain to someone at the other end of the phone line that his job involves doing what?
(a) Guessing why horses mysteriously end up in bathrooms.
(b) Comparing fingerprints and footprints to find similarities between cases.
(c) Tracking down and reprogramming Electronic Monks.
(d) Finding a pattern in the holistic interconnectedness of all things.

5. After a dead Gordon decides to try to get to his cabin, what does he notice about his body?
(a) It's missing.
(b) It's twitching.
(c) It doesn't look like him.
(d) It has moved twenty feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Dirk's roommates notices that he's reciting what while he sleeps?

2. What happens after the Electric Monk and his horse walk through a small wooden door in the valley?

3. When Richard calls L'Esprit d'Escalier, what does he find out?

4. Reg's memory is starting to fade, but he's still good at what?

5. At the opening of Chapter 4, Richard MacDuff is walking across the campus of St. Cedd's with whom?

(see the answer key)

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