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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. How does Dirk think of the eagle's beak?

2. 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?

3. In Dirk's experience, what do crazy, pushy New York drivers explain to oncoming traffic as they careen out into the road?

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

5. What sensory experience for Dirk increases with a heavy sky?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Dirk's impression of the eagle when he sees it in the street?

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

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

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

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

7. How do Toe Rag and the green-eyed monster try to escape from Valhalla?

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

9. How does Thor's mood affect Kate and the weather?

10. How does Thor react when Kate questions him about the supernatural events surrounding him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the moral of the book from Odin's point of view. What does he wish he had experienced in Asgard? What things did the gods overlook that were important?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the anthropomorphism of Guilt in the book. How is this brought to fruition at the end?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the symbolism of the Draycotts in the book. What do they do for a living? How do they compare symbolically with Thor and Odin?

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