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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. 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.

2. When Dirk brings up the matter of Richard's sofa, Richard is appalled, since he feels they should be talking about what instead?
(a) Susan's new boyfriend.
(b) Time travel.
(c) Gordon's death.
(d) Wormholes.

3. What does the ghost say about possessing Michael?
(a) Michael will never be the same again.
(b) Michael is a twit who deserves to be haunted.
(c) No harm will come to him.
(d) No one will miss him.

4. The ancient alien ghost explains that he and his party landed on Earth for what?
(a) To look for food.
(b) To replenish mineral supplies.
(c) To start a new colony.
(d) To hide from their planet's police.

5. After his phone conversation with Susan, Richard rushes over to Dirk and Reg to reveal what vital piece of information?
(a) Michael murdered Gordon.
(b) Gordon murdered Jonathan.
(c) Michael murdered Ross.
(d) Ross murdered Gordon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Reg tells his story to Richard and Dirk, he says he's so old that:

2. After Reg discusses the matter of getting the salt shaker into the old Greek pot, Dirk explains that:

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Summarize how the alien ghost ends up on Earth.

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

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

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

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

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

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