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

2. At the start of Chapter 13, someone scans the sky with his binoculars and spots something that appears to be what?
(a) Secret parachute landing.
(b) Alien spaceship.
(c) Shooting star.
(d) Amateur burglar attempt.

3. As the Electric Monk continues to stare at the presumed pinkness of the valley below him, what comes to his mind?
(a) Doubt regarding its pinkness.
(b) The recollection that he hasn't eaten in months.
(c) The idea that pink is a pretty color.
(d) Fear that he will never move again.

4. When Richard talks with Reg in Chapter 8, he indicates that he's in a relationship with whom?
(a) Susan Way.
(b) Kate Anselm.
(c) Kubla Kahn.
(d) Padma Singh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does the founder of WayForward Technologies like to call people and leave long, rambling messages on their answering machines?

3. At the end of Chapter 17, what happens as the horse relishes its newfound freedom?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author utilize foreshadowing with the character Gordon Way?

2. How does Richard explain to himself the vision he gets of Gordon Way standing in the middle of the road?

3. Why can't Richard bring Susan to the French restaurant, L'Esprit d'Escalier?

4. Why is the Electric Monk confused after killing Gordon?

5. How does Richard discover that his boss, Gordon, has been murdered?

6. Describe the mysterious tower the author writes about as the book opens.

7. Explain why Gordon is upset after he dies.

8. Dirk Gently doesn't appear in earnest until about a third of the way into the story. Is he the main character, or is someone else the main character of the story?

9. In Chapter 2, why is the Electric Monk completely still as he sits atop his horse?

10. What did Richard do before working for WayForward Technologies?

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