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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. During Richard's phone conversation with Susan about Gordon's murder, he learns that the police:
(a) Now suspect Dirk.
(b) Are ruling it a suicide.
(c) Have a long list of suspects.
(d) No longer suspect him.

4. At Richard's place, Detective Inspector Mason is accompanied by Sergeant Gilks, who is:
(a) The person who got Dirk kicked out of college.
(b) Gordon's former college roommate.
(c) The officer who found Richard on the road.
(d) Michael's half brother.

5. What three magic words has the Electric Monk been saying to people after listening to their troubles?
(a) "You are right."
(b) "I believe you."
(c) "All is well."
(d) "Time to go."

6. Where does Reg go to get face powder to conceal his tan?
(a) Another planet.
(b) The local pharmacy.
(c) A parallel universe.
(d) The campus theater.

7. Reg replies "You're standing in it" in response to Dirk's question of where is the what?
(a) Alien spaceship.
(b) Haunted room.
(c) Potions lab.
(d) Time machine.

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

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

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

11. When Michael, possessed by the alien ghost, leaves the time machine and heads toward the tower, what is he wearing?
(a) Angel wings.
(b) Scuba gear.
(c) Red tie.
(d) Space suit.

12. 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) "Iceland."
(c) "Bermuda."
(d) "Outer space."

13. 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) Bring back rock specimens.
(d) Send an interdimensional signal.

14. 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) Sends the officer back through time.
(c) Transforms the saw into a butter knife.
(d) Orders him to guard the sofa instead.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 28, Reg explains that for several months he hadn't been using the time machine because:

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

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

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

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