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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. 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) To get Reg to confirm what Dirk already knows.
(c) Dirk is too shy to ask about it himself.
(d) Dirk wants to learn how to do this trick.

2. Dirk tells Richard that under hypnosis, he was able to remember details he's not even aware of consciously, including a full description of what?
(a) Sarah's dress.
(b) Reg's horse.
(c) Gordon's car.
(d) Susan's apartment.

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

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

5. In Chapter 28, Reg explains that for several months he hadn't been using the time machine because:
(a) He felt something had been trying to force him to use it.
(b) He didn't want to arouse suspicion.
(c) He needed to fix a broken circuit.
(d) He was afraid to go back and face his nemesis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Dirk questions Richard about information revealed under hypnosis, he first asks about what?

3. When Richard visits Susan to comfort her after Gordon's death, the phone rings; Richard answers it and hears what?

4. Dirk insists on talking about Richard's sofa with him because he firmly believes that:

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dirk manipulate the police when he gets to Richard's apartment?

2. When Michael Wenton-Weakes wakes up in a strange mood, what has he just dreamed about?

3. Susan keeps getting phone calls where all she hears is a faint wind. What are these calls about?

4. Why has Michael brought scuba gear with him to Reg's time machine?

5. Explain why Dirk hypnotizes Richard.

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

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

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

9. What does Michael reveal to drunken train travelers when he is possessed by an ancient alien ghost?

10. How is the alien ghost responsible for life on Earth?

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