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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Odin sacrifice one of his own eyes for?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Survival.
(c) A good steak.
(d) Peace.

3. What does Kate call Thor when he initially refuses her help with his injuries?
(a) Buster.
(b) Mooch.
(c) Thorkiller.
(d) Stupid.

4. To what conclusion does Dirk come in regards to Thor at the airport when he contemplates the gods roaming the earth?
(a) That the gods could destroy the earth.
(b) That he would have no passport.
(c) That music would mean nothing to him.
(d) That he would have trouble in traffic.

5. What is Dirk looking forward to when he gets out of the hospital?
(a) A new phase of fridge ownership.
(b) A meat-eating detective business.
(c) A hot fudges sundae.
(d) A class-action lawsuit against lawsuits.

6. How does Dirk feel about the lawyer he hits with his car after he gives him his business card?
(a) Exuberant.
(b) Patronized.
(c) Lethal.
(d) Pedantic.

7. What does the nurse say is rumored of Howard Bell?
(a) That he eats worms every day.
(b) That he is a saint.
(c) That he is in a pact with the devil.
(d) That he has eyes in the back of his head.

8. What does Kate go find to help Thor with his injuries?
(a) A Band-aid.
(b) Almond oil.
(c) Antiseptic.
(d) Vaseline.

9. What does Odin have to promise Woodshead to stay there?
(a) Valhalla.
(b) His god-like powers.
(c) His son, Thor.
(d) His entire estate.

10. How does Dirk think of the eagle's beak?
(a) As a needly poker.
(b) As a small consideration.
(c) As a meat eater.
(d) As a major piece of armory.

11. How does the author describe the Midland Grand Hotel?
(a) As a huge, dark Gothic Fantasy of a building.
(b) As a colossal dump.
(c) As an Art Deco trash compactor.
(d) As an epic shrine to mediocrity.

12. What kind of firm does Clive Draycott belong to?
(a) A bad firm of shady charlatans.
(b) A large firm of prosecutors.
(c) A co-ed firm of public defenders.
(d) A good firm of city solicitors.

13. What is the lawyer who Dirk hits with his car wearing?
(a) An Italian suit.
(b) A Member's Only windbreaker.
(c) A yellow Polo.
(d) Overalls.

14. What does the green-eyed monster do to the stable master at Valhalla?
(a) Beheads him.
(b) Hires him.
(c) Poisons him.
(d) Eats him.

15. How does the author describe Odin's hands in the bed at Woodshead?
(a) As womanly.
(b) As skeletal.
(c) As exquisitely frail.
(d) As still strong and powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thor say he needs when Kate offers to help him with the bruise she just caused on his face?

2. Neil asked Thor if he liked _____ when he delivered the Coca-Cola machine.

3. What part of London does Dirk say is grim concrete monoliths?

4. Where do Kate and Thor find themselves when they flick out of Asgard?

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

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