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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 came to Earth to destroy it.
(b) His group tried to reach Venus but ended up on Earth instead.
(c) His group came to Earth to build a paradise.
(d) His group tried to reach another galaxy but ended up on Earth instead.

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

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

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

6. While Richard tries to explain to Susan who his friend Dirk Gently is, who arrives?
(a) Dirk.
(b) Sergeant Gilks.
(c) Reg.
(d) Michael.

7. When Dirk questions Richard about information revealed under hypnosis, he first asks about what?
(a) Reg's magic tricks.
(b) Susan's cello performances.
(c) Michael's former magazine.
(d) Richard's computer program.

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

9. 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) Using his invisibility shield.
(d) Hypnotizing the security guard.

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

11. What does the ghost say about possessing Michael?
(a) No one will miss him.
(b) Michael is a twit who deserves to be haunted.
(c) Michael will never be the same again.
(d) No harm will come to him.

12. 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) Orders him to guard the sofa instead.
(d) Faints in order to cause a distraction.

13. While Dirk, Reg, and Richard try to figure out what's behind all the strange recent events, who shows up at the gates of St. Cedd's carrying a large nylon bag?
(a) Susan.
(b) Kate.
(c) Ross.
(d) Michael.

14. 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:
(a) The powder gave him a rash.
(b) The ghost has left.
(c) Quantum jumps add years to one's life.
(d) The horse didn't want to leave.

15. What is the point of the blue squiggles Dirk writes on a piece of paper?
(a) He wants to see if a hypnotized Richard can read them.
(b) He is trying to communicate with the ghost.
(c) He is trying to solve the problem of the conjuring trick.
(d) He wants to recreate the energy diagrams of water.

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. During Richard's phone conversation with Susan about Gordon's murder, he learns that the police:

3. At the end of the book, when Richard hears Susan play the cello, he recognizes the music as:

4. Reg explains to Richard, Dirk, and the alien ghost that the dodo would not have become extinct had he not done what?

5. The ghost explains that he was able to enter Samuel Taylor Coleridge's mind when he was what?

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