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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 was the subject of the "big talk" Odin used to endure at Valhalla?
(a) Things being riven.
(b) Weapons being fashioned.
(c) Ancestors being summoned.
(d) Maidens being captured.

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

3. Neil asked Thor if he liked _____ when he delivered the Coca-Cola machine.
(a) Sweet Tarts.
(b) Bugs Bunny.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Soda.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dirk describe the lawyer he hits with his car's glasses, hair, and spotted bowtie?

2. What does Dirk substitute for a cigarette and tap it in a cigarette-like way?

3. What kind of firm does Clive Draycott belong to?

4. What did Odin sacrifice one of his own eyes for?

5. What befalls Toe Rag and the green-eyed monster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the Aries Rising Record Group founded and how did it evolve?

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

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

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

6. How does Kate know that Thor is the man she has been looking for from the airport?

7. What does Dirk think he should do to the Draycotts in regards to his suspicions about them concerning Anstey's death?

8. Why does Thor want Kate to see Asgard and how does Kate react?

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

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

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