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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the old man that befriends Dirk at King's Cross Station utter often?
(a) "Delicious!".
(b) "Naught!".
(c) "Humph".
(d) "Oh, ah".

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

4. What does Dirk think the eagle's talons could easily rip up?
(a) A leather sofa.
(b) A jet fighter.
(c) A small Volvo.
(d) An oak tree.

5. What does Dirk think he will not be able to handle in terms of the eagle in his house if he tries to go upstairs to get a cigarette?
(a) The memory of his accident.
(b) The sheer ornithology involved.
(c) His overwhelming queasiness.
(d) The thought of the eagle's anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Wales did Thor lose count?

2. What did Odin sacrifice one of his own eyes for?

3. What does Dirk substitute for a cigarette and tap it in a cigarette-like way?

4. Where does the eagle injure Dirk as he tries to escape to get some cigarettes?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thor put things right after he tears up Odin's contract and why does he do this?

2. What happens to Dirk when he jumps out of his house?

3. What does the author imply has happened to the Draycotts at the end of the book?

4. What does Sally Mills say about Dirk's appearance at the hospital?

5. What does Dirk think he should do to the Draycotts in regards to his suspicions about them concerning Anstey's death?

6. What has happened as a result of the eagle changing back into a jet fighter?

7. Where does Thor find Odin's contract and what happens when he tries to present the evidence in Valhalla?

8. How is Dirk's denial about his smoking habit shown in Chapter 25?

9. When Dirk searches in vain for cigarettes, how does he feel when he has tried every place he can think of and can't get a pack?

10. What does the North Sea look like when Kate and Thor arrive in Asgard?

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