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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dirk hears Gordon's ghost on the answering machine tape found in Richard's apartment. What does the ghost want?
(a) To leave a message on Richard's answering machine.
(b) To leave a message for Reg's associate.
(c) To have someone search his car.
(d) To have someone search his cottage.

2. What does Dirk do when a police officer is about to saw Richard's sofa in half?
(a) Sends the officer back through time.
(b) Faints in order to cause a distraction.
(c) Orders him to guard the sofa instead.
(d) Transforms the saw into a butter knife.

3. When the time machine leaves the rain forest and heads back to Cambridge, a knock on the door reveals Michael standing there with what?
(a) A wheelbarrow.
(b) Scuba equipment.
(c) A tray of sushi.
(d) Large bowling pins.

4. After receiving the vital piece of information from Richard about a murder, Dirk realizes that the alien ghost was able to possess Michael because:
(a) Both had the intent to kill.
(b) Knew Gordon well.
(c) Knew Ross well.
(d) Both missed Michael's magazine.

5. Dirk tells Richard that under hypnosis, he was able to remember details he's not even aware of consciously, including a full description of what?
(a) Sarah's dress.
(b) Gordon's car.
(c) Susan's apartment.
(d) Reg's horse.

6. What does the ghost say about possessing Michael?
(a) Michael will never be the same again.
(b) No one will miss him.
(c) No harm will come to him.
(d) Michael is a twit who deserves to be haunted.

7. After his phone conversation with Susan, Richard rushes over to Dirk and Reg to reveal what vital piece of information?
(a) Michael murdered Ross.
(b) Gordon murdered Jonathan.
(c) Michael murdered Gordon.
(d) Ross murdered Gordon.

8. At the end of the story, Richard is able to make reservations for dinner with Susan at a very expensive, elite restaurant that's booked three weeks in advance by doing what?
(a) Having Dirk tip the host.
(b) Getting the ghost to scare the regulars out.
(c) Going back in time.
(d) Claiming he took part in saving the world.

9. Who sits next to three drunk men on a train that is full of party revelers from a wedding?
(a) Dirk.
(b) Michael.
(c) Susan.
(d) Reg.

10. Richard presses Reg to explain how he got the salt shaker into the old Greek pot, and Reg replies that:
(a) It would take months to explain it.
(b) He mentally rearranged the atoms.
(c) He hasn't the slightest idea how he did it.
(d) He got the man who made the pot to put it in.

11. While Dirk, Reg, and Richard try to figure out what's behind all the strange recent events, who shows up at the gates of St. Cedd's carrying a large nylon bag?
(a) Michael.
(b) Kate.
(c) Susan.
(d) Ross.

12. The world that the ancient alien came from is what?
(a) Violent and troubled.
(b) Beautiful and blue.
(c) Peaceful and calm.
(d) Small and independent.

13. When Dirk listens to the answering machine tape found in Richard's apartment, he realizes that:
(a) Richard couldn't possibly be connected to Gordon's murder.
(b) He doesn't know what he's looking for.
(c) He might be named a suspect if he's not careful.
(d) Gordon may still be alive somewhere.

14. Dirk insists on talking about Richard's sofa with him because he firmly believes that:
(a) All things are fundamentally interconnected.
(b) Someone has hidden a message inside the sofa.
(c) All conversations lead to answers.
(d) The sofa is an alien in disguise.

15. After Gordon's death, how does Dirk manage to get into Richard's apartment?
(a) Hypnotizing the security guard.
(b) Fast-talking his way past the police.
(c) Using his invisibility shield.
(d) Shipping himself in a package.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Reg, Richard, and Dirk travel across time to a rain forest in Mauritius in 1676?

2. When Dirk questions Richard about information revealed under hypnosis, he first asks about what?

3. As Richard and Dirk talk with the ancient alien ghost, trying to fully understand his story, Richard comes up with the theory that perhaps ghosts:

4. After waking up from unusual dreams, pondering the events of the night before, and realizing he has no lunch date planned, what does Michael Wenton-Weakes do?

5. After seeking advice from Nicola, who is ill, about a cello piece with challenging fingering, Susan gets a call. She answers it and hears what?

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