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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. What three magic words has the Electric Monk been saying to people after listening to their troubles?
(a) "Time to go."
(b) "You are right."
(c) "All is well."
(d) "I believe you."

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

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

4. At the end of the book, when Richard hears Susan play the cello, he recognizes the music as:
(a) What he had heard on the alien mothership.
(b) What was playing in the elevator.
(c) What he had heard at the Coleridge dinner.
(d) What was playing on the taxi's radio.

5. 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) The horse didn't want to leave.
(b) The ghost has left.
(c) The powder gave him a rash.
(d) Quantum jumps add years to one's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reg explains to Richard, Dirk, and the alien ghost that the dodo would not have become extinct had he not done what?

2. When Dirk brings up the matter of Richard's sofa, Richard is appalled, since he feels they should be talking about what instead?

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

4. After his phone conversation with Susan, Richard rushes over to Dirk and Reg to reveal what vital piece of information?

5. Reg's resistance to the poltergeist results in what?

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 does Richard jump into a canal?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Explain why Dirk hypnotizes Richard.

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

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

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