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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tsuliwaensis about to do when Kate and Thor arrive in Asgard?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Cook a mutton steak.
(c) Ride on a ghost ship.
(d) Steal the keys to Valhalla.

2. According to Odin, very little attention was given to _____ at Valhalla.
(a) Steak.
(b) Weapon maintenance.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Wine.

3. What has been left at the hospital for Kate?
(a) A bill.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A guilded soda can.
(d) A pizza.

4. What does Tsuliwaensis say in terms of the number of immortal gods that are left?
(a) There is only one.
(b) They are crowding the skies.
(c) There are so many more gnats.
(d) There are fewer that a bushel.

5. What does Kate ask about when she tells Thor she has been reading about him?
(a) His father.
(b) His wig.
(c) His helmet.
(d) His beard.

6. Who sends a constant barrage of paradoxical notices to Dirk in the mail?
(a) His brother.
(b) The government.
(c) American Express.
(d) Coca-Cola.

7. What squeaks in protest as Dirk drives down the road in the rain in Chapter 19?
(a) His stress toy.
(b) His turn signal.
(c) A mouse in his seat.
(d) His wipers.

8. What kind of script is on the papers Dirk stares at as he contemplates what to do about the eagle in his house?
(a) Sanskrit.
(b) Old French.
(c) Cuneiform.
(d) Runic.

9. What creatures crouch beneath the foul sky outside the gates of Valhalla?
(a) Demons.
(b) Gorgons.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Gargoyles.

10. When he is in the altercation with the eagle, Dirk considers _____.
(a) Running the bird down with his car.
(b) Burning the house down.
(c) What the eagle would taste like roasted.
(d) Flooding the basement.

11. In Dirk's experience, what do crazy, pushy New York drivers explain to oncoming traffic as they careen out into the road?
(a) The Return of the King.
(b) The price of tea in Tibet.
(c) The Day of Judgement.
(d) Tax situations.

12. The air at Valhalla is filled with the noiseless howls of _____.
(a) The lonely wind.
(b) Great winged dogs.
(c) Tortured prisoners.
(d) Old godly jokes.

13. How does the author characterize the Eighties?
(a) As materialistic.
(b) As utopian.
(c) As meat-eating.
(d) As brilliant.

14. What does Odin say of being a god in reference to the white linen sheets he gets at Woodshead?
(a) It is unclean.
(b) It is powerful.
(c) It is resourceful.
(d) It is superior.

15. How can Tsuliwaensis tell Kate is a mortal?
(a) By her colored hair.
(b) By her fancy dress.
(c) By her accent.
(d) By her hair cut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Neil suddenly erupt into during Kate's conversation with Thor after his bath?

2. How does Thor explain how he and Kate are going to get to Asgard?

3. What sort of path does Thor's hammer take when he throws it into the sky?

4. How does Dirk think of the eagle's beak?

5. What has happened to many of the gods?

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