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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since Richard can't go to the police, Dirk decides to do what?
(a) Get more details from the Electronic Monk.
(b) Hide Richard in the basement.
(c) Listen to the messages on Gordon's answering machine.
(d) Hypnotize Richard to learn the facts.

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

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

4. Reg's resistance to the poltergeist results in what?
(a) A broken, unusable time machine.
(b) A twisted knot in the time-space continuum.
(c) Supernatural activity.
(d) The college board wanting to fire him.

5. Dirk figures out that the alien ghost wants to wipe out humanity and:
(a) Let trees take over the world.
(b) Start over and build his own paradise.
(c) Start over with dolphins as the dominant species.
(d) Haunt a planet free of annoying people.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Richard's place, Detective Inspector Mason is accompanied by Sergeant Gilks, who is:

2. After Dirk saves the whole human race from extinction, what does he crave?

3. When Dirk brings up the matter of Richard's sofa, Richard is appalled, since he feels they should be talking about what instead?

4. The ancient alien ghost explains that he and his party landed on Earth for what?

5. What does the ghost say about possessing Michael?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Chapters 18 - 20 hint at characters being possessed by ghosts?

2. Explain how the book's opening scene is repeated near the end of the book, but with a twist.

3. What reason does Reg give for resisting the temptation to use his time machine?

4. How does Reg behave when he takes Dirk and Richard with him back in time to a rain forest?

5. How does Dirk use the time machine to stop Michael from following the ghost's orders on primordial Earth?

6. Why does Richard jump into a canal?

7. Why is the answering machine tape Dirk finds in Richard's apartment important?

8. When Michael Wenton-Weakes wakes up in a strange mood, what has he just dreamed about?

9. At the end of the book, how does Richard finally do right by Susan?

10. Explain why Dirk hypnotizes Richard.

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