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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Tricia say she is in television?
(a) Because it keeps her mind blank.
(b) Because that's where the money is.
(c) Because nothing is real.
(d) Because television is the future.
2. Who has paid for Tricia's trip?
(a) She paid for it.
(b) Her parents paid for it.
(c) She won the trip in a contest.
(d) Her employers in England paid for it.
3. What does Arthur hope for as he sets out to travel throughout the universe?
(a) Another accident.
(b) He doesn't know.
(c) Finding a person like him.
(d) Finding a cup of tea.
4. What does the shadowy shape Ford sees in the window appear to be like?
(a) Wolf-like.
(b) Cat-like.
(c) Skeleton-like.
(d) Bird-like.
5. How long does it take Ford to complete his business in the virtual reality after satisfying the authorities of his right to be there?
(a) An hour.
(b) Fifteen minutes
(c) A half hour.
(d) Five minutes.
6. What does Ford decide to do, after discovering the editor's office full of armed men?
(a) Jump out the window.
(b) Take a hostage.
(c) Give himself up.
(d) Pretend to pull a gun.
7. How does Fenchurch vanish?
(a) During an unexplained shift in the universal drift.
(b) During a supernova event.
(c) During a magic show on an entertainment planet.
(d) During a hyperspace jump in a spaceship.
8. What are the men in the editor's office armed with when Ford returns?
(a) Cattle prods.
(b) Grenades.
(c) Flame throwers.
(d) Rocket launchers.
9. What does Ford use to open the window?
(a) A pen knife.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A towel.
(d) A credit card.
10. What does Ford find that has replaced the piece of furniture for which he aimed?
(a) A fax machine.
(b) A small tank.
(c) A security robot.
(d) A table filled with bottles.
11. What worries Ford when he tells the elevator that he wants to go to the 23rd floor?
(a) The elevator says that floor is popular.
(b) The elevator does not respond.
(c) The elevator says "ah!" in a knowing way.
(d) The elevator doesn't seem to understand the request.
12. How do the aliens say Tricia looks different in real life?
(a) She looks taller.
(b) She looks prettier.
(c) She looks smarter.
(d) She looks smaller.
13. What lesson does Tricia believe life has taught her?
(a) Never to go out without makeup.
(b) Never to expose her true feelings.
(c) Never to refuse a free meal.
(d) Never to go back for her bag.
14. After the weapon is discharged, what does Ford decide to do?
(a) Run.
(b) Use the editor as a human sheild.
(c) Give himself up.
(d) Talk his way out of the situation.
15. What does the Resettlement Advice Center worker do with the filing cabinet to get files out of it?
(a) It blows up the filing cabinet.
(b) It ingests the filing cabinet.
(c) It walks through the filing cabinet.
(d) It wrestles the filing cabinet.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why were office windows at one time sealed shut?
2. What does Arthur hope to have on a new planet?
3. Why does Ford think the men in the editor's office are from InfiniDim Enterprises?
4. What is the official name of the new planet have astronomers recently found?
5. What color are the aliens, in the light of Tricia's house?
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