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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer 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 fears for Susan's life.
(b) Dirk tells Richard that Susan is looking for him.
(c) Susan and Richard are supposed to be on a date.
(d) Richard doesn't believe Dirk.

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

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

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

5. After Dirk saves the world, Richard asks:
(a) For a ride to the university.
(b) For a detailed explanation.
(c) To go home.
(d) To see a psychiatrist.

6. When Richard and Dirk go to Reg's home, Richard learns that:
(a) Dirk already knows Reg.
(b) Susan has paid Reg a visit.
(c) Reg has completely lost his mind.
(d) The Electric Monk has paid Reg a visit.

7. The individual sitting with drunk men on the train full of party revelers is haunted by an ancient ghost who says that:
(a) His group tried to reach another galaxy but ended up on Earth instead.
(b) His group came to Earth to build a paradise.
(c) His group tried to reach Venus but ended up on Earth instead.
(d) His group came to Earth to destroy it.

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

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

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

11. Reg's explanation of his magic tricks reveals that he has been:
(a) Abducted by aliens.
(b) Hallucinating.
(c) Possessed by a ghost.
(d) Time traveling.

12. 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) Going back in time.
(b) Getting the ghost to scare the regulars out.
(c) Having Dirk tip the host.
(d) Claiming he took part in saving the world.

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

14. After Reg discusses the matter of getting the salt shaker into the old Greek pot, Dirk explains that:
(a) The police are still questioning Susan.
(b) Richard doesn't yet know the secret.
(c) He once got a teacup stuck in a jar.
(d) They have no time to waste.

15. Why does Dirk get an unusual phone with big red push-buttons?
(a) So that a ghost can use it easily.
(b) He had thrown his previous phone out the window.
(c) It was on sale.
(d) To make his agency look more reputable.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The ancient alien ghost that has possessed Michael Wenton-Weakes had been driven mad by what?

3. Richard presses Reg to explain how he got the salt shaker into the old Greek pot, and Reg replies that:

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

5. The ancient alien ghost tells Richard that upon reading his article about music, he was what?

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