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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ship rescues Ford and Arthur?
(a) The Starship Heart of Gold
(b) An interstellar freighter
(c) The Space Trucker
(d) A passing Teaser

2. What words best describe the reunion of Ford and Zaphod?
(a) Orgiastic boredom
(b) Appalling nonchalance
(c) Zarkingly great energy
(d) Excited enthusiasm

3. What does the Guide say about the Earth?
(a) That it has been destroyed by the Vogons
(b) Harmless
(c) Nothing at all
(d) A small blue-green planet

4. What are the Vogons going to do to Arthur and Ford?
(a) Put them in prison
(b) Throw them into space
(c) Vaporize them
(d) Return them to the Earth

5. What will die in the next chapter?
(a) Trillian's white mice
(b) Seven rabbits
(c) One of the characters
(d) A whale

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the location where the Heart of Gold picked up Ford and Arthur?

2. After saying "Hi there!," the ship's computer prints out a ribbon of ticker tape. What does the tape say?

3. Why does Ford order so much beer at lunchtime?

4. What does Ford buy on his way out of the pub?

5. What does Zaphod find?

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