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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Reg, Richard, and Dirk travel across time to a rain forest in Mauritius in 1676?
(a) To save a type of iguana from extinction.
(b) To see a dodo bird.
(c) To get away from the alien ghost.
(d) To retrieve a watch Reg had left behind.

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

3. When Richard and Dirk visit Reg, why does Dirk prompt Richard to ask about the conjuring trick?
(a) To get Richard to break the ice between them.
(b) Dirk wants to learn how to do this trick.
(c) Dirk is too shy to ask about it himself.
(d) To get Reg to confirm what Dirk already knows.

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

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

6. When Richard visits Susan to comfort her after Gordon's death, the phone rings; Richard answers it and hears what?
(a) Loud electric guitar.
(b) Cats meowing.
(c) Faint windy noise.
(d) Rhythmic clicking.

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

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

9. When Michael Wenton-Weakes digs into his wastebasket, he pulls out a copy of the magazine Fathom and finds what?
(a) Article about Susan.
(b) Ad for Dirk's agency.
(c) Ad for Electronic Monks.
(d) Article written by Richard.

10. The ghost explains that he was able to enter Samuel Taylor Coleridge's mind when he was what?
(a) On laudanum.
(b) A toddler.
(c) An old man.
(d) In love.

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

12. The ancient alien ghost tells Richard that upon reading his article about music, he was what?
(a) Deeply disturbed.
(b) Deeply moved.
(c) Reminded of his favorite song.
(d) Reminded of his mother.

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

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

15. 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) Saved a prehistoric fish.
(c) Moved the horse out of his bathroom.
(d) Fallen in love with Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ancient alien ghost explains that he and his party landed on Earth for what?

2. Why does Dirk get an unusual phone with big red push-buttons?

3. At the end of the book, Dirk sends one more bill to Mrs. Sauskind; what is this bill for?

4. The individual sitting with drunk men on the train full of party revelers is haunted by an ancient ghost who says that:

5. How long has Reg been at Cambridge?

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