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

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

3. The ancient alien ghost tells Richard that upon reading his article about music, he was what?
(a) Reminded of his favorite song.
(b) Reminded of his mother.
(c) Deeply moved.
(d) Deeply disturbed.

4. What haunted the ancient alien ghost as he haunted Earth?
(a) Memories of his fellows who had died.
(b) Ghosts of deceased presidents.
(c) Voices from television airwaves.
(d) Knowledge of his charming home planet.

5. When Detective Inspector Mason arrives at Richard's apartment, what does he order police officers to do?
(a) Look under the beds.
(b) Move the sofa.
(c) Confiscate the computers.
(d) Check the microwave.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Since Richard can't go to the police, Dirk decides to do what?

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

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

5. What does Dirk do when a police officer is about to saw Richard's sofa in half?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the alien ghost communicate with Dirk, Richard, and Reg?

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

3. How is the alien ghost responsible for life on Earth?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Explain how Dirk and Richard feel about ghosts.

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