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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. At the end of the book, Dirk sends one more bill to Mrs. Sauskind; what is this bill for?
(a) Saving human race from total extinction, no charge.
(b) Rescuing cat for the last time, no charge.
(c) Rescuing the hundredth cat in his career, priceless.
(d) Saving planet from alien takeover, priceless.

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

3. Reg replies "You're standing in it" in response to Dirk's question of where is the what?
(a) Time machine.
(b) Haunted room.
(c) Alien spaceship.
(d) Potions lab.

4. Who sits next to three drunk men on a train that is full of party revelers from a wedding?
(a) Dirk.
(b) Susan.
(c) Michael.
(d) Reg.

5. At the end of the book, Richard has a phone conversation with Reg during which he learns that:
(a) Reg took the Electric Monk and his horse back to their home.
(b) Dirk took the time machine into the future.
(c) Reg is no longer in love with Susan.
(d) Gordon managed to leave Reg a message before vanishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three magic words has the Electric Monk been saying to people after listening to their troubles?

2. When Michael Wenton-Weakes digs into his wastebasket, he pulls out a copy of the magazine Fathom and finds what?

3. What does the ghost say about possessing Michael?

4. The ancient alien ghost that has possessed Michael Wenton-Weakes had been driven mad by what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Dirk use the time machine to stop Michael from following the ghost's orders on primordial Earth?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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