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

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) Kate.
(d) Ross.

3. 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 needed to fix a broken circuit.
(c) He was afraid to go back and face his nemesis.
(d) He didn't want to arouse suspicion.

4. Reg's resistance to the poltergeist results in what?
(a) A twisted knot in the time-space continuum.
(b) The college board wanting to fire him.
(c) A broken, unusable time machine.
(d) Supernatural activity.

5. When Richard visits Susan to comfort her after Gordon's death, the phone rings; Richard answers it and hears what?
(a) Faint windy noise.
(b) Loud electric guitar.
(c) Cats meowing.
(d) Rhythmic clicking.

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

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

4. Richard presses Reg to explain how he got the salt shaker into the old Greek pot, and Reg replies that:

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens when the Electric Monk believes that Sergeant Gilks is a god?

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

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

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