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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dirk get an unusual phone with big red push-buttons?
(a) To make his agency look more reputable.
(b) He had thrown his previous phone out the window.
(c) It was on sale.
(d) So that a ghost can use it easily.

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

3. When Michael Wenton-Weakes digs into his wastebasket, he pulls out a copy of the magazine Fathom and finds what?
(a) Article about Susan.
(b) Ad for Electronic Monks.
(c) Ad for Dirk's agency.
(d) Article written by Richard.

4. The ancient alien ghost that has possessed Michael Wenton-Weakes had been driven mad by what?
(a) The annoying lectures he heard while haunting the campus.
(b) The rising price of petrol.
(c) The distinction between green and black tea.
(d) The knowledge of what he'd done after the accident.

5. The ancient alien ghost explains that he came from where?
(a) Belonani.
(b) Salaxala.
(c) Elabasa.
(d) Overtina.

6. Where does Reg go to get face powder to conceal his tan?
(a) Another planet.
(b) The local pharmacy.
(c) A parallel universe.
(d) The campus theater.

7. After Reg discusses the matter of getting the salt shaker into the old Greek pot, Dirk explains that:
(a) He once got a teacup stuck in a jar.
(b) The police are still questioning Susan.
(c) They have no time to waste.
(d) Richard doesn't yet know the secret.

8. What is Reg's main reason for traveling through time?
(a) To make his magic tricks possible.
(b) To correct the past.
(c) To hide when necessary.
(d) To watch shows he has missed.

9. When Dirk questions Richard about information revealed under hypnosis, he first asks about what?
(a) Reg's magic tricks.
(b) Michael's former magazine.
(c) Susan's cello performances.
(d) Richard's computer program.

10. When Richard and Dirk visit Reg, what does Dirk say to Reg about his secret?
(a) It's impossible to figure out.
(b) Reg could get arrested if the secret gets out.
(c) The whole world already knows it.
(d) Dirk already knows what it is.

11. After Dirk saves the whole human race from extinction, what does he crave?
(a) An orange.
(b) A cup of tea.
(c) A pizza.
(d) A slice of apple pie.

12. When Richard and Dirk visit Reg, why does Dirk prompt Richard to ask about the conjuring trick?
(a) To get Richard to break the ice between them.
(b) Dirk wants to learn how to do this trick.
(c) To get Reg to confirm what Dirk already knows.
(d) Dirk is too shy to ask about it himself.

13. At the end of the book, when Richard hears Susan play the cello, he recognizes the music as:
(a) What was playing in the elevator.
(b) What was playing on the taxi's radio.
(c) What he had heard on the alien mothership.
(d) What he had heard at the Coleridge dinner.

14. 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?
(a) Writes a poem about Gordon Way.
(b) Goes upstairs and listens to music.
(c) Takes out his cello and starts playing a sad tune.
(d) Calls Susan and asks if she's still seeing Richard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the alien's ship that landed on Earth several billion years ago explode?

2. 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?

3. Reg's explanation of his magic tricks reveals that he has been:

4. When Michael, possessed by the alien ghost, leaves the time machine and heads toward the tower, what is he wearing?

5. 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:

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