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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. 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 Ross well.
(c) Both missed Michael's magazine.
(d) Knew Gordon well.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dirk listens to the answering machine tape found in Richard's apartment, he realizes that:

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

3. 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?

4. Dirk hears Gordon's ghost on the answering machine tape found in Richard's apartment. What does the ghost want?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Michael brought scuba gear with him to Reg's time machine?

2. What does Michael reveal to drunken train travelers when he is possessed by an ancient alien ghost?

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

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

5. Susan keeps getting phone calls where all she hears is a faint wind. What are these calls about?

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

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

8. When Richard and his friends board the alien's mothership that has been orbiting Earth undetected for billions of years, what fills him with awe?

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

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

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