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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Dirk insists on talking about Richard's sofa with him because he firmly believes that:
(a) All things are fundamentally interconnected.
(b) The sofa is an alien in disguise.
(c) All conversations lead to answers.
(d) Someone has hidden a message inside the sofa.

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

4. Richard presses Reg to explain how he got the salt shaker into the old Greek pot, and Reg replies that:
(a) He hasn't the slightest idea how he did it.
(b) He got the man who made the pot to put it in.
(c) He mentally rearranged the atoms.
(d) It would take months to explain it.

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

6. At the end of the book, Dirk sends one more bill to Mrs. Sauskind; what is this bill for?
(a) Saving planet from alien takeover, priceless.
(b) Saving human race from total extinction, no charge.
(c) Rescuing cat for the last time, no charge.
(d) Rescuing the hundredth cat in his career, priceless.

7. What does Dirk do when a police officer is about to saw Richard's sofa in half?
(a) Faints in order to cause a distraction.
(b) Orders him to guard the sofa instead.
(c) Transforms the saw into a butter knife.
(d) Sends the officer back through time.

8. Why does Richard call Susan after Dirk gives him the details of Gordon's death a second time?
(a) Susan and Richard are supposed to be on a date.
(b) Richard doesn't believe Dirk.
(c) Richard fears for Susan's life.
(d) Dirk tells Richard that Susan is looking for him.

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

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

11. According to the alien ghost's explanation, what has been orbiting Earth undetected since the explosion that killed him and his friends?
(a) The Electric Monk's ship.
(b) A giant beach ball.
(c) The mothership.
(d) A feeble ghost of his exploded ship.

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

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

14. At the end of the book, Richard has a phone conversation with Reg during which he learns that:
(a) Reg took the Electric Monk and his horse back to their home.
(b) Gordon managed to leave Reg a message before vanishing.
(c) Reg is no longer in love with Susan.
(d) Dirk took the time machine into the future.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In talking to Reg, Dirk figures out that when Richard seemed hypnotized, he really was:

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

3. When Richard checks where he is so that he can tell Susan by phone, he sees a black tower next to a river of mud. When he asks where they are, what is Dirk's reply?

4. Dirk tells Richard that under hypnosis, he was able to remember details he's not even aware of consciously, including a full description of what?

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

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