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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. When Reg tells his story to Richard and Dirk, he says he's so old that:
(a) He doesn't remember who he is.
(b) He's seen the beginning and end of countless nations.
(c) His gray hair has turned gray twenty times over.
(d) He makes the chancellor look young.

2. Why did the alien's ship that landed on Earth several billion years ago explode?
(a) The engines weren't ready.
(b) Lightning struck the ship.
(c) The Electric Monk pushed the wrong button.
(d) Nobody knows.

3. Reg explains to Richard, Dirk, and the alien ghost that the dodo would not have become extinct had he not done what?
(a) Fallen in love with Susan.
(b) Saved a prehistoric fish.
(c) Moved the horse out of his bathroom.
(d) Placed the salt shaker inside the old Greek pot.

4. Why does Richard call Susan after Dirk gives him the details of Gordon's death a second time?
(a) Richard doesn't believe Dirk.
(b) Susan and Richard are supposed to be on a date.
(c) Dirk tells Richard that Susan is looking for him.
(d) Richard fears for Susan's life.

5. 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) Transforms the saw into a butter knife.
(c) Orders him to guard the sofa instead.
(d) Faints in order to cause a distraction.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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:

2. After Reg discusses the matter of getting the salt shaker into the old Greek pot, Dirk explains that:

3. At the end of the book, Richard has a phone conversation with Reg during which he learns that:

4. When the time machine leaves the rain forest and heads back to Cambridge, a knock on the door reveals Michael standing there with what?

5. In order to stop the alien ghost from preventing life from starting on Earth, Richard, Reg and Dirk travel forward to:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dirk purchase an easy to use phone with large red push-buttons for his detective agency?

3. What happens when the Electric Monk believes that Sergeant Gilks is a god?

4. Why does Dirk want Richard to ask Reg about his conjuring act?

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

6. Why do Dirk and Reg seem so familiar with each other?

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

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

9. How does Reg get the salt shaker into young Sarah's old Greek pot?

10. Explain how Dirk and Richard feel about ghosts.

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