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

2. After Richard comes out of hypnosis, where does Dirk take him to talk about what he learned during the session?
(a) The pool.
(b) The canal.
(c) A tea shop.
(d) A pizza place.

3. 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?
(a) Kate.
(b) Susan.
(c) Ross.
(d) Michael.

4. When Richard goes to Susan's place to comfort her after her brother's death, he finds her doing what?
(a) Talking on the phone.
(b) Looking at photo albums.
(c) Playing the cello.
(d) Staring out the window.

5. Dirk hears Gordon's ghost on the answering machine tape found in Richard's apartment. What does the ghost want?
(a) To have someone search his cottage.
(b) To leave a message for Reg's associate.
(c) To leave a message on Richard's answering machine.
(d) To have someone search his car.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Detective Inspector Mason arrives at Richard's apartment, what does he order police officers to do?

2. Reg replies "You're standing in it" in response to Dirk's question of where is the what?

3. In talking to Reg, Dirk figures out that when Richard seemed hypnotized, he really was:

4. At the end of the book, Richard has a phone conversation with Reg during which he learns that:

5. When Richard and Dirk visit Reg, what does Dirk say to Reg about his secret?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the answering machine tape Dirk finds in Richard's apartment important?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What reason does Reg give for resisting the temptation to use his time machine?

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