What did the man do to the thief at the end?

Asked him to take off his clothes and to give it to them

What happened to the Magratheans?

They’re sleeping until the economy recovers

According to the Tralfamadorians, how does the universe end?

one of the pilots blow up the universe

What is the color of death?

Purple/Violet/lavender/lilac/heliotrope/amethyst

How does the universe end?

A Tralfamadorian pilot blows it up

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SciFi Period 2 2018

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1
Who is that author of Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?
Richard Summons
Douglas Adams
Daniel Anderson
George Williams
2
Intoned
Snobbishly
Depressingly
Miserably
Monotone Chant
3
Tenable
Miserably
Abandoned
Decreased
Maintainable
4
What does debasement mean?
Honorable
Discredit
Roof
Under the basement
5
Why me?
42
Why not?
Why anybody?
Because
6
What does ingratiating mean?
Integrating
Disinterested
Pleasing
Investigating
7
separating liquid
Decanting
Virtually
Sodden
8
Protrusions
Decreased
Constant Force
Monotone Chant
Things that stick out
9
What does Zaphod steal?
Golden Heart
Heart of Gold
Golden flower
Heart of Silver
10
Who does the man shoot in the head with a pistol?
The thief
Yoda
The man from the truck
The pregnant woman
11
Haughtily
Ruined
Abandoned
Snobbishly
Constant Force
12
Who does Arthur run into when he goes for a little walk on Magrathea
Old lady
A small child
Alien Cop
Old man
13
What did the boy do when they reached the ocean
Drink the water
Go fishing
Go swimming
Build sandcastles
14
What did the man do to the thief at the end?
Asked him to take off his clothes and to give it to them
Shot and robbed him
Looked him in the eyes and screamed
Asked him for directions
15
Who is Ford?
Construction worker
A social worker
An alien
A robot
16
Coagulate
Chaos
Reference
Gelatinous
Jiggle
17
What made the crater on Magrathea?
Meteor
Bomb
Spaceship
A whale
18
Who is Rumfoord?
A sturgeon
Doctor
Veterinarian
Psychologist
19
Who is responsible for commissioning the rebuilding the Earth?
Slartibartfast
Gerbils
Mice
The Vogons
20
What is connected to their transportation for their things? ROAD
Huma heads
Mirror
Bells
A Gun
21
How did Valencia die?
She was shot
Kangaroo
In a car crash
Heart attack
22
What animal is seen at the end of The Road
Birds
Fish
Deer
catman
23
What does callous mean?
Can’t be calmed
Rough spot on hand
Insensitive
Hooded
24
Marvin is a human.
False
True
25
Kurt Vonnegut died on April 11, 2007.
So it goes
Who cares
So sad
But what about Billy?
26
Why is Trillian upset?
Her mice escaped
Her fish fell out the window
Zaphod lied to her
She almost died
27
What happened to the Magratheans?
They died
The planet was destroyed
They went on a vacation
They’re sleeping until the economy recovers
28
Resplendent
Dull / dark
Sad / gloomy
Shiny / splended
Bright / light
29
Diurnal
Daily
Nightly
Monthly
Weekly
30
What does exacerbate mean?
Exaggerate
Begging
Aggravate
Enjoy
31
Unabated
Constant Force
Ruined
Maintainable
Depressingly
32
Parsible
Question
One of the knights of the round table
main character in Ready Player One
Analyze
33
Balefully
Miserably
Ruined
Monotone Chant
Abandoned
34
Idiom
An equation
Natural state
stupid person
An expression
35
According to the Tralfamadorians, how does the universe end?
use a nuclear bomb to end the universe
God sneezes
one of the pilots blow up the universe
A black hole swallows the whole universe
36
Feral
Natural nature
Natural state
Regretful
Natural selection
37
Vestiges
Evidence for the future
Thoughts of the past
Remaining evidence of the past
Time travel
38
What is interesting about the writing in The Road?
Ash
There is nothing interesting about the writing
Lots of dialogue
There are no quotation marks
39
What is the color of death?
Llamas
Black
Red
Purple/Violet/lavender/lilac/heliotrope/amethyst
40
What does Cowled mean?
tired
hooded
confused
baffled
41
What is the most important thing to bring when hitchhiking?
The hitchiker’s guide to the galaxy
A towel
Water
Clothes
42
What animal is symbolized at the end of The Road?
Cow
Trout
Whale
It was a “SPRINKLE”, it came from space
43
Who does Marvin make commit Suicide?
The Earth
The new ship
Arthur
Zaphod
44
Dolefully
Constant Force
Depressingly
Decreased
Snobbishly
45
What is the color of the ships floating above the earth before destruction?
Red
White
Yellow
Black
46
How does the universe end?
A Tralfamadorian pilot blows it up
Global warming
Everything was great until the Fire Nation attacked
Army of Bob Ross attacks
47
What do the Man and the boy use to transport their belongings?
Shopping bags
Cart
Car
Backpacks
48
Rachitic
An expression
the last remaining lombax in the universe
Healthiness
Bone disease
49
Who abducted Billy?
The truffle man door people
Ummmmm
Tralfamidorians
Sum illiens
50
Who is Barbara?
Billy´s cousin
An officer in the army
Billy´s mother
Billy´s daughter
51
Ford already knew Trillian.
True
False
52
something least valuable part of something
Dregs
blahblahblah
Lanngour
Lode
53
Derelict
Things that stick out
Depressingly
Constant Force
Abandoned
54
Why did Billy join the war?
He had nothing better to do
His mom forced him to
He liked murder
He wanted to join a human trafficking ring
55
saturated (moist) (swampy)
Soden
Sooden
sodden
Nope
56
How does the Mom die in the road
Plane Crash
Suicide
Murder
Cows
57
Squelched
Squeezed
Splash sound
Smelled
Salty taste
58
What does balustrade mean?
sickness
To stride
To be offended
Railing
59
Cajoleries
Persuasion by flattery
A student in the class
Grams
Calories
60
What is existentialism
I’m not asleep, I’m just resting my eyes
Aliens
Living life with a purpose and a sense of optimism
Thinking there is no purpose to life but obliging to live
61
What does fey mean?
fake
Weak
Dumb
Doomed
62
What is the problem with the bullets that they found in the bunker?
They aren’t real
They are nerf bullets
They don’t fit the gun
There is only one bullet
63
What is the heart of gold?
A ship
A heart
A planet
A treasure
64
Montana Wildhacks has a silver chain around her neck. What was inside of the locket?
a sad quote from General Truman
a photo of her alcoholic mother
a photo of her abusive dad
a broccoli-and-cheese hot pocket
65
Why do the man and the boy leave the waterfall?
There is no place to sleep
There is no food
It might attract others
Yoda
66
Where does Billy read Kilgore Trout´s books?
Chicago
Las Vegas
Cleveland
New York
67
What does pall mean?
To hood
railing
shrouds in ash
decoy for shady business
68
Who occasionally appears throughout the book?
Bruno
Bobby
Kurt
Kelly
69
On the first night of being on the ship, who sleeps?
Zaphod
Ford
Arthur
Trillian
70
What does deferentially mean?
Incorrect
Respectfully
Different
Shady
71
What does intestate mean?
Unwillingly thrown away
Can’t be thrown away
Railing
Decoy for shady business
72
What ship picks up Ford and Arthur?
The sonic
The surviver
Rose petal
The heart of gold
73
Subsidence
Snobbishly
Decreased
Monotone chant
Ruined
74
What was the book written by?
A pillar of salt
Kurt Vonnegut
Kilgore Trout
Professor Rumfoord
75
How did the dialogue go in The Road?
Okay…..okay…..yea
Oh my god becky
76
What country does the road take place
Russia
Canada
South Korea
USA
77
Which direction is the son and father going?
South
West
North
East
78
What do the characters obtain that is useful at a gas station?
Propane Accessories
Flare Gun
Motor Oil
Cheese
79
What is the significance of the falling whale?
The whale is the main character
Tries to learn how to fly
The whale tries to figure out its place in the universe
To visualize and explosion
80
What name does the Native Old Man go by?
Slartibartfast
Guy Fieri
Fartislartbast
Tralfamadorian
81
Referents
FREEDOM!!!!
Articles
Allusion
Reference
82
What experience visibly shakes Billy?
Tralfamadore
A beautiful actress singing
The singing of a choir in church
A Quartet singing
83
What does implacable mean
Can’t be calmed
Railing
Shrouds in ash
Decoy for shady business
84
Noxious
Toxic
Sick
Poison
Death
85
hanging a dead animal
piedmont
Gambreled
Langour
Como Esta
86
What is the planet Magrathea like?
Very very hot
Lot of grass
Very cold and dark
Contains a lot of water
87
What did the fairy god-mother say about the Americans?
That they were worse than the swedes
They were worse than the Germans
That they were worse than the russians
They were worse than the IRS
88
What is the answer to he Ultimate question?
The world will be taken over by mice
God
Life sucks
42
89
What does shill mean?
Crazy
Loud, high pitched noise
Shrouds in ash
Decoy for shady business
90
What are the Magratheans building?
A spaceship to live on
Laser Gun
A skyscraper
A second Earth
91
What color is consistently running through Arthur’s mind at the beginning of the story?
Black
Orange
Yellow
Blue
92
Penitent
Gelatinous
a prison for people convicted of serious crimes
Regretful
Lucky
93
What does Valencia want to do to please her husband?
She promises to cook chicken and dumplings ontheir honeymoon
crack her husban's back
lose weight for him
Massages
94
What does tedium mean?
Doomed
Annoying
State of poor repetition
Exact
95
During what time of year does the story take place? ROAD
Spring
Fall-Winter
Summer
Winter-winter
96
The definition of ghost, goes to what word
Sodden
gambreled
sorta Sodden
apparition
97
Where did Yon Yonson live?
Wisconsin
Nevada
Canada
New York
98
What does the man get shot with?
Arrow
Well being and kindness
Shrapnel from a past grenade that went off
A bullet lodged in his thyroid
99
How long did it take for Deep thought to respond to the ultimate question?
750 Million Years
.75 Million Years
7.5 Million Years
75 Million Years
100
What does desolately mean?
Short
Isolate
Decoy for shady business
Wash
101
What did the man and the boy enjoy as dessert?
Cake
Tinned tin
Pie
Tinned pears
102
What country did the boat come from?
England
Spain
Wakanda
South America
103
What does the city want to build on Arthur’s house?
Railroad
Hotel
Restaurant
Bypass
104
What is on the cover of the book? (Slaughterhouse 5)
skull
turtle
Billy
horse
105
Providential
Lucky
A private university in New Jersey
Regretful
Wizard from Fantastic Beasts
106
Blighted
Ruined
Things that stick out
Snobbishly
Monotone Chant
107
Plaintively
Depressingly
Happily
Sadly
Joyfully
108
What’d they find under the cake bell
A severed head
A baby
ammo
Food
109
Howard W. Campbell was a flamboyant inventor and commander. What made this American so unusual?
Loved turkey pot pies with WinchesterSauce drizzled on top
He was a deserter who finessed his way into the Army
He giggled whenever he killed someone in the war
He wore a cowboy hat with boots decorated in Swastikas
110
What weapon(s) did the man and the boy carry with them?
A machine gun mounted to the cart
pistol
knife
Squirt gun
111
Who said “ So long and thanks for all the fish”?
the dogs
The dolphins
The cats
The sharks
112
What supposedly happened to the burnt looking man?
He was caught in a wildfire
dirty
Electrical fire
lightning
113
What is Marvin always feeling?
Happy
Sad
Lonely
Depressed
114
Who is Billy?
A victim of kidnapping via aliens
Billy Willy Wonka
His name is actually Bobby
The author of the book
115
What did Billy do to the horses mistakenly?
He didn't feed them, collapsed as Billy sat in the wagon.
used them until dehydrated and their hooves were bleeding.
He killed them
He shot them
116
What type of gun did the man who found the boy have?
Guided missile
Revolver
Golden scar
Pump shotgun
117
You swallow babble fish in order to understand the Tralfamadorian language.
True
False
118
What did the man do to enhance the cart?
Batteries
Sunroof
Brooms
Headlights
119
What does vitriolic mean?
Harsh
Vital
Disappointing
Suspenseful
120
Predilection
Preceded
Predict
Preference
Zebra
121
Ford was a researcher for the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy.
False
True
122
What does laved mean?
Hooded
Faded paper
Begging
Washed
123
enriched stone
decanting
I wasn’t sleeping, my eyes were just closed
Lode
Existentialism
124
Where do Ford and Arthur go to in the process of destroying Arthur’s house?
The hospital
The pub
A country club
A restaurant
125
What was Billy wearing when he was prisoner of war
Supreme x Louis Vuitton hoodie
vest full of bombs.
Cinderella Heels
army boots
126
Who was the only named character in The Road
Ellis
Ely
Adams
The Boy and the man
127
Kerfs
Waves
Peaks
Slang for handkerchief
Valleys
128
How does the man die at the end?
Fell off a cliff
trafficked
Shot with a rifle
Sickness and Age finally reached him
129
Wanly
Noisy
Tiredly
Energetically
Quietly
130
What did Vonnegut’s breath smell like?
Mustard gas and roses
Mustard gas and lotuses
Mustard gas and petunias
Ketchup gas and roses
131
Who is the author of The Road
Hemery
Kurt Vonnegut
Cormac McCarthy
Douglas Adams
132
Where was Billy displayed as a animal in a zoo?
Magrathea
Tralfamadore
Earth
New York City Zoo
133
What does Mendicant mean?
doomed
lazy
begging
Can’t be calmed
134
The definition to cross something goes to what word
pht
piedmont
forded
languor
135
What species is the most intelligent on Earth?
Humans
Monkeys
Dolphins
Mice
136
What does tannoy mean?
Hopeful
Annoy
Speaker
Tanopy
137
weakness
Human Trafficking is not okay
Langouur
Langour
Langpour
138
What type of drink does the father and son find?
Pepsi
Hawaiian Punch
Capris Sun
Coca Cola
139
Who did Billy meet in the prison hospital?
Paul Lazzaro
Edgar Derby
Wild Bob
Werner Gluck
140
Bedlam
A sleepy sheepy
Peaks
Chaos
Order
141
Who visits Billy at the hospital
sister
dad
mom
son
142
Describe the baby at the campfire
Headless and gutted
It’s an elephant and we were just confused this whole time
Alive and well
No arms or legs
143
What are the names of the two mice?
Frankie and Benjy
Dharmanik and Stefano
Tom and Sawyer
Slarti and Bartfast
144
Why does Valencia get in a car accident?
She left her wallet at home
She gets t-boned by a semitruck
Dresden is getting firebombed
She is rushing to see Billy
145
What is the name of the restaurant that they go to at the end of the book?
Slarti’s Cafe
Slarti’s Diner
The restaurant at the end of the universe
Denny’s
146
What does palimpest mean?
Pompicient
Phaded paper
A parade
To trot
147
What is the name of the super computer?
Smart Metal
Deep Think
Deep Thought
Smart Thought
148
What planet is Zaphod trying to find?
Epsilon
Magrathea
Aquarii
Methuselah
149
What do Frankie and Benjy want from Arthur?
His brain
His eye
His arm
His heart
150
What landmark was Billy afraid of?
The Statue of Liberty
Grand Canyon
Big Ben
Eiffel Tower
151
Who shoots at the group of main characters?
The Galactic Police
Vogons
The mice
Slartibartfast and his family
152
How do the Vogons torture Arthur and Ford?
Shoving food down their throat
Reading poetry
Telling a story
Starving them
153
How does Zaphod know Trillion?
From a bar
From a party
His cousin
From a friend at high school
154
What event is the book about? (SH5)
The Road
The Purge
O-H! I-O!
The firebombing of Dresden
155
What was the message on the billboard when Billy went to the bathro0m
Latrine only for women.
Free beyblades underneath the toilet seats
Latrine is broken
Please leave this latrine as tidy as you found it.
156
The definition of the word CREVICE, goes to what word
Gryke
Lode
SODDEN
Decanting
157
What is so special about Billy?
Magnetism
Nothing
He travels through time
He’s a space wizard
158
Who saved Billy from Weary?
Germans
Derby
Himself
Thor
159
How does Edgar Derby die?
shot by a firing squad
pagan ritual suicide
He tries to escape but is caught and killed
From starving to death
160
What does the Germans say to the Americans when they sleep in the barn?
¨Sweet dreams, Americans¨
¨Watch out for the pigs¨
¨Good Night, Americans. Sleep well¨
¨Everything 1K¨
161
What did the boy leave at the beach on accident
His dad
The cart
The gun
The flame
162
What was Billy’s job in the factory
Package meat
Manufacture weapons
Create furniture
Put Malt Syrup into jars
163
What did the man cough up throughout the story?
Blood
Hot tea
Mr. Hemery’s pumpkin spice coffee creamer
Jamba juice from PULP in broadview heights off of route 82
164
Squalid
Gross
Disgusting
Filthy
Unkept
165
What does perused mean?
Insensitive
Persuasion by flattery
Scanned
Ignored
166
What is the order of intelligence from greatest to least?
Dharmanik, Jared, Hemery
Humans, Mice, Dolphins
Dolphins, Humans Mice
Mice, Dolphins, Humans
167
The Improbability Drive saved Ford and Arthur.
True
False
168
What was the man coughing up constantly throughout the story?
Nothing
Truth
Blood
Phlegm
169
bottom of mountain
It’s not a knife dude!
Dregs
Piedmont
maniac

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