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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. 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) Dirk tells Richard that Susan is looking for him.
(c) Richard fears for Susan's life.
(d) Susan and Richard are supposed to be on a date.

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

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

4. In Chapter 28, Reg explains that for several months he hadn't been using the time machine because:
(a) He didn't want to arouse suspicion.
(b) He needed to fix a broken circuit.
(c) He was afraid to go back and face his nemesis.
(d) He felt something had been trying to force him to use it.

5. When the time machine leaves the rain forest and heads back to Cambridge, a knock on the door reveals Michael standing there with what?
(a) A wheelbarrow.
(b) Scuba equipment.
(c) Large bowling pins.
(d) A tray of sushi.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard visits Susan to comfort her after Gordon's death, the phone rings; Richard answers it and hears what?

2. Dirk figures out that the alien ghost wants to wipe out humanity and:

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

4. The world that the ancient alien came from is what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Chapters 18 - 20 hint at characters being possessed by ghosts?

3. 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?

4. Explain why Dirk hypnotizes Richard.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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