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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After saying "Hi there!," the ship's computer prints out a ribbon of ticker tape. What does the tape say?
(a) "What can I do to help you?"
(b) A telephone number.
(c) The probability figure that Zaphod was about to ask it for.
(d) "I want you to know that whatever your problem, I am here to help you solve it."

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

3. What does Zaphod think about the ship computer?
(a) He does not think about it much at all.
(b) He thinks of it as a necessary evil.
(c) He loves it.
(d) He loathes it.

4. What colors are the Heart of Gold's interior after Arthur activates the Improbability Drive?
(a) Yellow and blue
(b) Green and blue
(c) Red and yellow
(d) Purple and pinkish

5. What part of an Antarean parakeet is a revolting delicacy?
(a) The gland
(b) The gall bladder
(c) The feet
(d) The liver

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the babel fish allow Aurthur to do?

2. Who saved Ford and Arthur?

3. Is this sort of thing going to happen every time the improbability drive is used?

4. Why did Trillian pick up hitchhikers?

5. What happens to Ford and Arthur?

(see the answer key)

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