Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With Richard at his detective agency, Dirk talks by phone to a woman whose cat he found and tries to convince her to do what?
(a) Feed her cat.
(b) Pay the bill.
(c) Move to Moscow.
(d) Recommend him to another client.

2. During his finals, Dirk makes a bet to try to disprove what?
(a) The theory of relativity.
(b) The necessity of Electric Monks.
(c) Rumors of tampered recipes.
(d) Rumors of his psychic abilities.

3. In Chapter 7, when Gordon Way stops to fill his car with petrol, what else does he do?
(a) Finishes a phone call.
(b) Buys a pack of batteries.
(c) Talks to an unusual cat.
(d) Overfills his tires with air.

4. When Susan walks into her apartment after Richard has listened to parts of her answering machine tape, what does she do?
(a) Drops her bag of groceries.
(b) Hugs him.
(c) Slaps him.
(d) Throws her purse at him.

5. After Dirk Gently calls Richard and scolds him for going to the window and allowing himself to be photographed, he tells Richard to meet him where?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Library.
(c) Coffee shop.
(d) Pizza place.

6. When Richard wakes up at the start of Chapter 16, he decides to make it up to Susan by doing what?
(a) Buying her expensive jewelry.
(b) Taking her to an expensive restaurant.
(c) Taking her on an expensive cruise.
(d) Buying her an expensive computer.

7. What kind of car does Gordon Way drive?
(a) Jaguar.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) Porsche.
(d) Rolls-Royce.

8. After Gordon's ghost arrives at his seven-bedroom cottage, he faints upon discovering what in the kitchen?
(a) His missing cat.
(b) Richard's tape recorder.
(c) His missing body.
(d) Susan's cello.

9. After Dirk finally stops talking on the phone and welcomes Richard to his agency, he indicates that the light from the window works, gravity works, but with everything else, they simply have to:
(a) Pay the bill.
(b) Hope for the best possible outcome.
(c) Close their eyes and imagine it.
(d) Take their chances.

10. Who is Michael Wenton-Weakes' father?
(a) Lord Magna.
(b) Sir Rothington.
(c) Count Olen.
(d) Judge Barton.

11. When Richard returns from doing an errand, he finds Dirk on the phone defending a trip to Bermuda, claiming that while he was there he successfully did what?
(a) Found nineteen missing cats.
(b) Reprogrammed thirteen Electronic Monks.
(c) Traced the interconnectedness of all things.
(d) Solved the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.

12. How does Reg amuse a little girl named Sarah who is bored at the dinner party in Chapter 4?
(a) Singing silly songs.
(b) Juggling five fruits at the same time.
(c) Making things disappear and reappear.
(d) Doing mathematical tricks.

13. What kind of car does Richard MacDuff drive?
(a) Blue Audi.
(b) Red Camaro.
(c) Black Saab.
(d) Silver Ferrari.

14. Reg's memory is starting to fade, but he's still good at what?
(a) Number recall.
(b) Fruit juggling.
(c) Magic tricks.
(d) Shakespeare recitations.

15. When Richard leaves Reg's place after seeing a horse in the bathroom, he notices that:
(a) There are no cars parked in front of the house.
(b) There is a second identical horse standing by the front door.
(c) There is a pile of hay on the front porch.
(d) There are no scratch marks from the horse's hooves by the front door.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he was living, what did the alien ghost driven to madness hope to accomplish on Earth?

2. Gordon's ghost wakes up from his fainting spell by the sound of what?

3. In Chapter 13, who breaks into someone's apartment?

4. How is Gordon Way related to Susan, the cellist?

5. The author opens Chapter 7 indicating that Gordon Way is not aware that this day is to be what?

(see the answer keys)

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