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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With Michael now possessed by a ghost speaking through him, Dirk, Richard, and Reg learn what?
(a) Michael frequently dabbled in sorcery.
(b) The ghost is hungry for a plate of sardines.
(c) Michael was easier to control than Reg or Richard were.
(d) The ghost has greatly enjoyed his experiences on Earth.

2. 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 he had heard at the Coleridge dinner.
(c) What was playing on the taxi's radio.
(d) What he had heard on the alien mothership.

3. Why do Reg, Richard, and Dirk travel across time to a rain forest in Mauritius in 1676?
(a) To see a dodo bird.
(b) To save a type of iguana from extinction.
(c) To get away from the alien ghost.
(d) To retrieve a watch Reg had left behind.

4. 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) Getting the ghost to scare the regulars out.
(b) Going back in time.
(c) Having Dirk tip the host.
(d) Claiming he took part in saving the world.

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

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

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

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

9. The ancient alien ghost explains that he and his party landed on Earth for what?
(a) To start a new colony.
(b) To replenish mineral supplies.
(c) To hide from their planet's police.
(d) To look for food.

10. 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 cottage.
(d) To have someone search his car.

11. Who was trying to use Dirk's agency telephone to make a call to Susan?
(a) Gordon's ghost.
(b) The alient ghost.
(c) Michael.
(d) Richard.

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

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

14. 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) Knew Gordon well.
(b) Both had the intent to kill.
(c) Both missed Michael's magazine.
(d) Knew Ross well.

15. How long has Reg been at Cambridge?
(a) Two thousand years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Two hundred years.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Detective Inspector Mason arrives at Richard's apartment, what does he order police officers to do?

3. Dirk insists on talking about Richard's sofa with him because he firmly believes that:

4. 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:

5. What is the point of the blue squiggles Dirk writes on a piece of paper?

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