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

2. What does Dirk do when a police officer is about to saw Richard's sofa in half?
(a) Orders him to guard the sofa instead.
(b) Transforms the saw into a butter knife.
(c) Faints in order to cause a distraction.
(d) Sends the officer back through time.

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

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

5. 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) "Outer space."
(b) "Bermuda."
(c) "The past."
(d) "Iceland."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard and Dirk visit Reg, why does Dirk prompt Richard to ask about the conjuring trick?

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

3. What is Reg's main reason for traveling through time?

4. In order to stop the alien ghost from preventing life from starting on Earth, Richard, Reg and Dirk travel forward to:

5. As Richard and Dirk talk with the ancient alien ghost, trying to fully understand his story, Richard comes up with the theory that perhaps ghosts:

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Chapters 18 - 20 hint at characters being possessed by ghosts?

4. 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?

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

6. Why does Richard jump into a canal?

7. How does Reg get the salt shaker into young Sarah's old Greek pot?

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

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

10. Explain how Dirk and Richard feel about ghosts.

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