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

2. What does Thor say he needs when Kate offers to help him with the bruise she just caused on his face?
(a) Vengeance.
(b) A cold compress.
(c) Compensation.
(d) A hug.

3. What part of London does Dirk say has wet litter wildly flapping?
(a) Marble Arch.
(b) Chapel Market.
(c) King's Cross.
(d) Islington.

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

5. Who has run over Dirk and caused some of his injuries?
(a) Kate in Dirk's own Jaguar.
(b) A gray Mercedes van.
(c) Thor in a Volkswagen.
(d) A motorcycle courier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dirk think the eagle's talons could easily rip up?

2. What does the "tramp" ask Dirk for outside his house?

3. What does Dirk find in his apartment that wasn't there when he left?

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

5. What does Thor turn into a kitten?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the old man that finally gives Dirk a cigarette look like?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What deliberate provocation does Thor precipitate toward Kate after his bath and how does Kate react?

7. How does Kate give Thor what he wants for his wounds?

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

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

10. How does Thor describe himself to Kate and how does she react?

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