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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) Steak.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Wine.
(d) Weapon maintenance.

2. What sort of path does Thor's hammer take when he throws it into the sky?
(a) A loopty-loop.
(b) A long parabola.
(c) A right angle.
(d) A short vector.

3. What is the neroli oil Kate puts in Thor's bath distilled from?
(a) The argan tree.
(b) Shea nuts.
(c) Bitter almonds.
(d) Bitter orange blossoms.

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

5. What is the only thing that keeps Kate from screaming as she and Thor hurtle through space?
(a) Thor's body odor.
(b) The rain in her throat.
(c) The air pressure.
(d) He dignity.

6. What is the name of the wife of the lawyer that Dirk hits with his car?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Sally.
(c) Beth.
(d) Cynthia.

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

8. How did Thor take care of the fighter pilot's wife?
(a) By repairing her house.
(b) By selling his stock.
(c) By fixing the lottery for her.
(d) By giving her a golden hammer.

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

10. Where do Kate and Thor find themselves when they flick out of Asgard?
(a) A train station in the South of France.
(b) Dirk's house.
(c) Woodshead.
(d) A bedroom suite in a hotel.

11. What store is closed for the night when Dirk looks for cigarettes?
(a) H.W. Smith.
(b) 7-Eleven.
(c) Cross Wares.
(d) B.E. Bradley.

12. In a rage, what does Thor tell Odin he has found?
(a) The contract.
(b) His lost helmet.
(c) The remaining stones from Wales.
(d) The phone book.

13. Who is the world's greatest publisher of the world's sleaziest newspaper?
(a) Carmine Rigozza.
(b) Roderick Mercer.
(c) Annie Gittergun.
(d) Larry Flintlocke.

14. What has happened to many of the gods?
(a) They have retired with a pension.
(b) They have found jobs in other dimensions.
(c) They have succumbed to alcoholism.
(d) They have transmutated into animals.

15. What does Neil say he definitively won't work with?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Cardigan sweaters.
(d) Circus performers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the green-eyed monster do to the stable master at Valhalla?

2. Who has run over Dirk and caused some of his injuries?

3. How does the author describe the Midland Grand Hotel?

4. What does the nurse say is rumored of Howard Bell?

5. What was the subject of the "big talk" Odin used to endure at Valhalla?

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