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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Dirk tells Richard that under hypnosis, he was able to remember details he's not even aware of consciously, including a full description of what?
2. Who sits next to three drunk men on a train that is full of party revelers from a wedding?
3. At Richard's place, Detective Inspector Mason is accompanied by Sergeant Gilks, who is:
4. In Chapter 28, Reg explains that for several months he hadn't been using the time machine because:
5. After receiving the vital piece of information from Richard about a murder, Dirk realizes that the alien ghost was able to possess Michael 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. Why do Dirk and Reg seem so familiar with each other?
4. How does Reg behave when he takes Dirk and Richard with him back in time to a rain forest?
5. 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?
6. When Michael Wenton-Weakes wakes up in a strange mood, what has he just dreamed about?
7. Why does Dirk want Richard to ask Reg about his conjuring act?
8. How does Reg get the salt shaker into young Sarah's old Greek pot?
9. What happens when the Electric Monk believes that Sergeant Gilks is a god?
10. How does the alien ghost communicate with Dirk, Richard, and Reg?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the following characters provide welcome comic relief at various points in the story:
1. The Electric Monk.
2. Richard the successful programmer.
3. Professor Urban Chronotis.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the book, questions remain as to whether or not Dirk Gently truly has psychic powers. In your opinion, does he or does he not have special psychic abilities? What other abilities does he possess (such as keen powers of observation) that might make him seem psychic to a casual observer?
Essay Topic 3
All the seemingly unconnected pieces of the author's big puzzle come together near the end. Describe three key pieces of the puzzle that lead the main characters to realize that the human race is in danger if the alien ghost is allowed to carry out his plans.
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