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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. Who sends a constant barrage of paradoxical notices to Dirk in the mail?

2. What is the neroli oil Kate puts in Thor's bath distilled from?

3. What does Dirk emphasize about his detective agency to the lawyer he hits with his car?

4. When Dirk is struggling up through Pentonville Road in traffic, what does he suddenly think of?

5. How does the author characterize the Eighties?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Saint Pancras Station look like?

2. What does the hammer that Thor pulls out to fight the eagle with look like?

3. What does Dirk think of the subconscious mind?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Kate withstand the flight with Thor's hammer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the conflict between Dirk and The Great Zaganza. What does The Great Zaganza do to torment Dirk? Why does he do this?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Dirk ends up at King's Cross station. What is he looking for that leads him there? What happens when he gets there?

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