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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the waiter's hair filled with who waits on Dirk?

2. Who does Dirk call to get a new refrigerator?

3. What are the group of Germans wearing that Kate sees in the airport?

4. Where does Anstey have a big house?

5. What does Kate notice first about Thor when she encounters him in the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kate say about her neighbor who plays double bass?

2. What does Dirk think of the group of waiters when they are waiting around at the Islington cafe?

3. Why does Dirk write his order down on a napkin at the Islington cafe?

4. How does Odin feel about the article he has read in the newspaper about the incident at the airport?

5. What does Dirk say of the kind of day he thinks Kate has had and how does she react?

6. In what state does Dirk find Anstey when he arrives at his house?

7. What is Dirk's impression of Cynthia Draycott when he first encounters her?

8. Describe Kate's car and what condition it is in.

9. What does Dirk say of Kate's driving skills and how does he justify this observation?

10. How does Odin feel about linen and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Dirk's house with Anstey's house. How do the different settings represent the personalities of the two men?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Thor's powers. What different things does he use his hammer for in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Dirk's relationship with the electronic I Ching calculator. Why does he buy it? What keeps happening with it? What does it tell him?

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