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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lyra climbs into her hiding place in the ceiling of the Bolvangar, she can hear Mrs. Coulter and three men in a conference room discussing what?
(a) Imprisoned Gyptians.
(b) Escaped daemons.
(c) A kidnapped Lord Asriel.
(d) Runaway children.

2. When Iorek and Lyra reach the village near the Bolvangar, they are met by what?
(a) Polar bears and a woman with an electron gun.
(b) Howling dogs and a man with a rifle.
(c) Baby seals and a girl with a sled.
(d) Honking geese and a child with a book.

3. After Iorek becomes king, Lyra consults her alethiometer and discovers that Mrs. Coulter is
(a) Has captured Lee Scoresby and taken his hot air balloon.
(b) Plotting with the witches to recapture Lyra.
(c) Burning down the Bolvangar to hide the evidence.
(d) Headed to Svalgard in a zeppelin that is armed with guns.

4. What are severed children?
(a) Those born without a daemon.
(b) Those whose daemons settled too early.
(c) Those whose daemons have abandoned them.
(d) Those who have been separated from their daemons.

5. What does Lyra place in Tony's mouth before his body is cremated?
(a) Note she wrote.
(b) Gold coin.
(c) Pouch of poppy seeds.
(d) Licorice piece.

6. Lyra and Iorek follow Lord Asriel's sledge tracks but stop at a bridge. Why?
(a) The tracks veer off sharply to the left.
(b) A Tartar guard blocks their path.
(c) A central part of the bridge is missing.
(d) It is too small for Iorek to cross.

7. When Lyra meets the bear king, she notices that he has a doll that resembles whom?
(a) Serafina.
(b) Ma Costa.
(c) Mrs. Coulter.
(d) Lyra.

8. As the children escape from the compound, they see
(a) Lee Scoresby dropping sacks of sand on the Tartars.
(b) Mrs. Coulter sending a witch after Lyra.
(c) Lee Scoresby deflating Mrs. Coulter's zeppelin.
(d) The Tartars taking Lyra away.

9. When Lyra sees hundreds of tiny black objects up in the sky, Iorek tells her they are
(a) Anti-matter particles.
(b) Gobblers.
(c) Witches.
(d) Dust particles.

10. At the Bolvangar, Lyra asks about the battle. She is told that it
(a) Was just a bad nightmare she had.
(b) Is none of her concern.
(c) Already ended, and the Gyptians won.
(d) Is a silly thing grownups like to engage in.

11. After consulting her alethiometer while imprisoned by the bears, Lyra learns that someone is coming to rescue her. Who?
(a) Serafina.
(b) Iorek.
(c) Mrs. Coulter.
(d) Lord Asriel.

12. Lyra is able to answer all of the bear king's difficult questions by consulting
(a) The alethiometer.
(b) Her daemon.
(c) Her friend Iorek.
(d) The witches.

13. What does Iofur do after noticing Iorek's injury suffered in battle?
(a) Defeats him.
(b) Allows him to rest a minute.
(c) Gets him medical attention.
(d) Taunts him.

14. Lee Scoresby explains to Lyra that to get to Svalbard, one would need a
(a) Large boat.
(b) Snowmobile.
(c) Hot-air balloon.
(d) Zeppelin.

15. When Lyra asks Serafina about the future of Lord Asriel, she tells the girl that Asriel will not return to the college because
(a) The Scholars have betrayed him.
(b) There is a good chance he will not live long enough to return.
(c) There is work to be done in other worlds.
(d) The Scholars have forbidden him from returning.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lyra and friends sneak off during a fire drill at Bolvangar, what do they find?

2. Serafina tells Lyra that she is in love with whom?

3. After Tony dies, Lyra discovers that his fish had been taken by

4. At Lord Asriel's elegant home, Roger is sent to bed while Lyra is

5. What daemons do the Sibirirsk regiments have?

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