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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dirk feel about the lawyer he hits with his car after he gives him his business card?
(a) Exuberant.
(b) Patronized.
(c) Pedantic.
(d) Lethal.

2. Who sends a constant barrage of paradoxical notices to Dirk in the mail?
(a) His brother.
(b) American Express.
(c) Coca-Cola.
(d) The government.

3. What does Kate go find to help Thor with his injuries?
(a) A Band-aid.
(b) Almond oil.
(c) Antiseptic.
(d) Vaseline.

4. What is the lawyer who Dirk hits with his car wearing?
(a) A Member's Only windbreaker.
(b) An Italian suit.
(c) A yellow Polo.
(d) Overalls.

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

6. What does the "tramp" ask Dirk for outside his house?
(a) A plate of fortune.
(b) A garage space for his "car".
(c) A 10-pound note.
(d) A cup of tea.

7. What does Dirk emphasize about his detective agency to the lawyer he hits with his car?
(a) That it is in the red.
(b) That it is honest.
(c) That it is holistic.
(d) That it is in ruins.

8. Why does Thor go to Wales to count the things he has to count?
(a) Records.
(b) Superstition.
(c) Art.
(d) Penance.

9. What does Thor tear up to bind his injured arm?
(a) Kate's nightgown.
(b) Kate's tablecloth.
(c) Kate's towel.
(d) Kate's umbrella.

10. What squeaks in protest as Dirk drives down the road in the rain in Chapter 19?
(a) His turn signal.
(b) His stress toy.
(c) A mouse in his seat.
(d) His wipers.

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

12. 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 thought of the eagle's anger.
(b) The memory of his accident.
(c) His overwhelming queasiness.
(d) The sheer ornithology involved.

13. What does Dirk find in his apartment that wasn't there when he left?
(a) A hundred dollars on his table.
(b) His grandfather's pocket watch.
(c) His cleaning lady.
(d) A new fridge.

14. Where does Dirk decline offers that don't involve the procurement of cigarettes?
(a) Stamford Road,
(b) York Way.
(c) Blackfriar's Road.
(d) Lincolnshire Way.

15. What does Dirk substitute for a cigarette and tap it in a cigarette-like way?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A straw.
(c) A twig.
(d) A toothpick.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thor explain how he and Kate are going to get to Asgard?

2. What has he been counting in Wales?

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

4. Where had the jet fighter tried to shoot Thor down before?

5. Where did Dirk buy the Japanese print that is missing from his wall when the eagle comes into his house?

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