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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. When Richard and Dirk go to Reg's home, Richard learns that:
2. At the end of the story, Richard is able to make reservations for dinner with Susan at a very expensive, elite restaurant that's booked three weeks in advance by doing what?
3. Why did the alien's ship that landed on Earth several billion years ago explode?
4. After seeking advice from Nicola, who is ill, about a cello piece with challenging fingering, Susan gets a call. She answers it and hears what?
5. With Michael now possessed by a ghost speaking through him, Dirk, Richard, and Reg learn what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the alien ghost communicate with Dirk, Richard, and Reg?
2. Why has Michael brought scuba gear with him to Reg's time machine?
3. How does Dirk use the time machine to stop Michael from following the ghost's orders on primordial Earth?
4. Explain why Dirk hypnotizes Richard.
5. When Michael Wenton-Weakes wakes up in a strange mood, what has he just dreamed about?
6. Explain how the book's opening scene is repeated near the end of the book, but with a twist.
7. What does Michael reveal to drunken train travelers when he is possessed by an ancient alien ghost?
8. Explain how Dirk and Richard feel about ghosts.
9. What happens when the Electric Monk believes that Sergeant Gilks is a god?
10. Why do Dirk and Reg seem so familiar with each other?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the desolate opening scene change when it is revisited near the end of the book as Reg, Dirk, and Richard time travel? What aspects remain the same? What circumstances and situations create a different outcome the second time around?
Essay Topic 2
Is Professor Urban Chronotis, commonly known as Reg, an absent-minded professor, a genius, or a little of both? Support your answer with passages from the book.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Dirk Gently and Richard MacDuff. What attributes define each character? What are their flaws? At what points in the story does each one get a turn being the hero?
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