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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, why is Susan Way angry with her boyfriend?
(a) He ate her pizza.
(b) He forgot her birthday.
(c) He got the pay raise she was supposed to get.
(d) He stood her up again.

2. At the dinner in Chapter 4, why does Sarah pass around a pot she found in Greece?
(a) She wants to know if it's worth anything.
(b) She wants someone to translate the strange writing inside.
(c) She's collecting money for a Greek school.
(d) She's secretly sending a message to Richard.

3. Once Dirk and Richard realize what the alien ghost wants, they set out to do what?
(a) Help him.
(b) Stop him.
(c) Trap him.
(d) Dissolve him.

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

5. How does Dirk Cjelli make a name for himself while he's in college?
(a) Through his ability to sleep thirty hours straight.
(b) By inventing the precursor to the Electric Monk.
(c) Through his ability to read tea leaves.
(d) By denying stories about his psychic abilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Electric Monk?

2. How old is the alien ghost that roams Earth filled with guilt and loneliness?

3. At first, Dirk Gently wants to help the roaming alien ghost using what?

4. As a light rain falls on primordial Earth, what is stuck as a river of mud flows past it?

5. After college and after several failed jobs, Richard MacDuff has achieved great success in what field?

(see the answer key)

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