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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a photogram?
(a) Telegram.
(b) Picture.
(c) Micron scale.
(d) Photon measuring device.

2. While they dine, what does Mrs. Coulter tell Lyra about bears' livers?
(a) They are too expensive to order.
(b) They are poisonous.
(c) They are full of nutrients.
(d) They are a rare delicacy.

3. When Lyra reluctantly gives Mrs. Coulter a kiss on the cheek, what does she smell on the woman's skin?
(a) Metallic scent.
(b) Fruity perfume.
(c) Bleach.
(d) Alcohol.

4. What does Lyra's new friend, a seaman named Jerry, tell her is a good cure for seasickness?
(a) Staring into the horizon.
(b) Eating crackers.
(c) Humming.
(d) Hard work.

5. Who observes Tony Makarios while he eats his pie on the steps of an oratory?
(a) An attractive young woman with dark hair.
(b) A handsome young man with sandy blonde hair.
(c) An aristocratic elderly man with graying hair.
(d) A distinguished elderly woman with gray hair.

6. Mrs. Coulter claims she has been to the North several times as a member of the
(a) Polar Arctic Expedition.
(b) Royal Arctic Institute.
(c) Royal Polar Regiment.
(d) Polar Express Academy.

7. What happened after Lord Asriel knocked the gun out of Mr. Coulter's hand?
(a) Asriel saw Mrs. Coulter for the first time.
(b) Asriel shot Coulter.
(c) Coulter's wife screamed.
(d) Coulter sprayed Asriel with Dust.

8. At the cocktail party that Mrs. Coulter hosts, Lyra hears that her parents were
(a) A governor and governess.
(b) A count and countess.
(c) Esteemed humanitarians.
(d) Ruthless dictators.

9. When Lyra first sits down with Faa and Coram, what do they ask her to do?
(a) Remain with the Gyptians until they tell her otherwise.
(b) Tell them about Mrs. Coulter and the Gobblers.
(c) Eat and rest before traveling to the North.
(d) Tell no one what she knows about Dust.

10. When Mrs. Coulter asks Lyra where she learned about Dust, the girl lies, saying that she
(a) Heard school friends mention it.
(b) Overheard Scholars talk about it.
(c) Saw a filmstrip about it at school.
(d) Read about it in a book.

11. What does Lyra call her daemon affectionately?
(a) Palt.
(b) Tout.
(c) Tumi.
(d) Pan.

12. Coram's daemon is a
(a) Mouse.
(b) Fox.
(c) Cat.
(d) Dog.

13. While Lyra and her daemon are exploring in the Retiring Room, they hear someone approach. Where do they hide?
(a) Behind a mahogany armchair.
(b) Inside a mahogany chest.
(c) Behind an oak desk.
(d) Inside an oak trunk.

14. While riding with the Costas in a narrow boat along the Grand Junction Canal, Lyra learns from Tony that
(a) Kidnapped children never come back.
(b) Lord Asriel has come to London.
(c) Mrs. Coulter has every agency looking for her.
(d) He feared she was dead.

15. When Lyra makes a statement regarding electrons and Dust, Mrs. Coulter's daemon becomes what?
(a) Bored.
(b) Sleepy.
(c) Agitated.
(d) Delirious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lyra and her friends overhear Ma Costa yelling at a horse trader about the disappearance of her

2. Dr. Broken Arrow is a Skraeling who mapped what?

3. When Faa and Coram speak to Lyra, why is she frightened at first?

4. Lyra and her daemon try to escape the Retiring Room, but when they hear someone coming, they are forced to hide again. Where do they hide the second time?

5. What does Mrs. Coulter ask Lyra not to wear to the cocktail party she throws?

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