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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Reg's resistance to the poltergeist results in what?
(a) Supernatural activity.
(b) A twisted knot in the time-space continuum.
(c) A broken, unusable time machine.
(d) The college board wanting to fire him.

3. When Dirk brings up the matter of Richard's sofa, Richard is appalled, since he feels they should be talking about what instead?
(a) Gordon's death.
(b) Susan's new boyfriend.
(c) Wormholes.
(d) Time travel.

4. 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?
(a) "The past."
(b) "Outer space."
(c) "Iceland."
(d) "Bermuda."

5. 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) Having Dirk tip the host.
(c) Claiming he took part in saving the world.
(d) Going back in time.

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

7. 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?
(a) Susan's apartment.
(b) Sarah's dress.
(c) Gordon's car.
(d) Reg's horse.

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

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

10. After seeking advice from Nicola, who is ill, about a cello piece with challenging fingering, Susan gets a call. She answers it and hears what?
(a) Disturbing laughter.
(b) Desperate crying.
(c) Distant cry of wind.
(d) High-pitched screeching sound.

11. When the engines of the alien spaceship were damaged upon landing, the now-ghost had sent the Electric Monk out to do what?
(a) Check the engines.
(b) Look for life on the planet.
(c) Send an interdimensional signal.
(d) Bring back rock specimens.

12. Dirk figures out that the alien ghost wants to wipe out humanity and:
(a) Start over and build his own paradise.
(b) Start over with dolphins as the dominant species.
(c) Haunt a planet free of annoying people.
(d) Let trees take over the world.

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

14. 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 tray of sushi.
(b) A wheelbarrow.
(c) Scuba equipment.
(d) Large bowling pins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard goes to Susan's place to comfort her after her brother's death, he finds her doing what?

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

3. Who was trying to use Dirk's agency telephone to make a call to Susan?

4. After Reg talks to Richard and Dirk and explains the whole business about the horse, the ghost, the face powder, and quantum jumps, he mentions that:

5. With Michael now possessed by a ghost speaking through him, Dirk, Richard, and Reg learn what?

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