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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 Michael Wenton-Weakes wakes up in a strange mood, he realizes that he had just dreamed about what?
(a) Sand, sun, and surf.
(b) Horses, pastures, and freedom.
(c) Mud, loneliness, and strange crawling creatures.
(d) Radios, mixed messages, and purple flowers.

2. 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) Susan.
(b) Michael.
(c) Ross.
(d) Kate.

3. When Richard and Dirk visit Reg, what does Dirk say to Reg about his secret?
(a) It's impossible to figure out.
(b) Dirk already knows what it is.
(c) Reg could get arrested if the secret gets out.
(d) The whole world already knows it.

4. According to the alien ghost's explanation, what has been orbiting Earth undetected since the explosion that killed him and his friends?
(a) The mothership.
(b) A giant beach ball.
(c) The Electric Monk's ship.
(d) A feeble ghost of his exploded ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was trying to use Dirk's agency telephone to make a call to Susan?

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

3. When Richard and Dirk go to Reg's home, Richard learns that:

4. 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:

5. When the time machine leaves the rain forest and heads back to Cambridge, a knock on the door reveals Michael standing there with what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain how Dirk and Richard feel about ghosts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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