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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Dirk saves the whole human race from extinction, what does he crave?
(a) A pizza.
(b) A slice of apple pie.
(c) An orange.
(d) A cup of tea.

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

4. 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 tried to reach another galaxy but ended up on Earth instead.
(d) His group came to Earth to build a paradise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Reg, Richard, and Dirk travel across time to a rain forest in Mauritius in 1676?

2. What does Sergeant Gilks determine after listening to the answering machine tape found in Richard's apartment?

3. Reg's resistance to the poltergeist results in what?

4. When Michael Wenton-Weakes wakes up in a strange mood, he realizes that he had just dreamed about what?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Reg behave when he takes Dirk and Richard with him back in time to a rain forest?

2. Explain why Dirk hypnotizes Richard.

3. How does the alien ghost communicate with Dirk, Richard, and Reg?

4. Why do Dirk and Reg seem so familiar with each other?

5. Why does Dirk purchase an easy to use phone with large red push-buttons for his detective agency?

6. When Richard and his friends board the alien's mothership that has been orbiting Earth undetected for billions of years, what fills him with awe?

7. Explain how Dirk and Richard feel about ghosts.

8. At the end of the book, how does Richard finally do right by Susan?

9. Explain how the book's opening scene is repeated near the end of the book, but with a twist.

10. Why does Dirk want Richard to ask Reg about his conjuring act?

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