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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lyra finds Tony Makarios in the fish house, whom does he ask about?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His daemon.
(d) His teacher.

2. Lord Asriel explains to Lyra that the name "Dust" was derived from a passage in the Bible reading
(a) The winds shalt scatter the dust and foil their plans.
(b) For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
(c) Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
(d) Like the dust of the earth, thou shalt scatter.

3. When Lyra and Roger meet with Lord Asriel in his elegant home atop a high crag, what does Roger tell Lyra?
(a) He is afraid of Lord Asriel.
(b) He has lost his daemon.
(c) He is happy to be in such a comfortable house.
(d) Mrs. Coulter is ten times scarier than Lord Asriel.

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

5. Mrs. Coulter thinks she is opening a tin containing the alethiometer, but instead, the spy-fly comes out and attacks
(a) Every daemon it encounters.
(b) Lyra and her daemon.
(c) Mrs. Coulter and her daemon.
(d) The men in the conference room.

6. In Chapter 16, who saves Lyra from being separated from her daemon?
(a) Roger.
(b) Billy Costa.
(c) Mrs. Coulter.
(d) Lord Asriel.

7. Iorek was exiled from Svalbard for what?
(a) Killing a bear.
(b) Losing an important battle.
(c) Insulting the leader.
(d) Losing his armor.

8. When Lyra is kidnapped and taken to the Bolvangar, who does she tell everyone she is?
(a) Lizzie Brooks.
(b) Sara Smith.
(c) Emily Asriel.
(d) Betty Sue Coulter.

9. While being held by the bears, Lyra remembers that more than anything in the world, the bear king wants
(a) A bride.
(b) Dust.
(c) An alethiometer.
(d) A daemon.

10. 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) Escaped daemons.
(b) A kidnapped Lord Asriel.
(c) Runaway children.
(d) Imprisoned Gyptians.

11. At the Bolvangar, how do Lyra and her friend exchange information without getting caught?
(a) Through their daemons.
(b) By communicating telepathically.
(c) By passing notes.
(d) Through Lyra's alethiometer.

12. When Lyra is captured in battle and a hood is placed over her head, her daemon serves as her eyes. What does he tell her that he sees?
(a) Her kidnappers appear to be Tartars.
(b) She is one of thousands of children being whisked away.
(c) She is being taken to the fish hut.
(d) Witches have whisked Lyra away.

13. By the end of Chapter 20, Lyra has decided to take her alethiometer to
(a) Serafina.
(b) Lord Asriel.
(c) Lee Scoresby.
(d) Mrs. Coulter.

14. Serafina tells Lyra that the Oblation Board is funded by the
(a) Gobblers.
(b) Tartars.
(c) Church.
(d) Foundation.

15. When the daemons escape from the Bolvangar, why is the alarm not heard?
(a) It sounds, but nobody recognizes it.
(b) The daemons disengaged it.
(c) It is drowned out by the fire alarm.
(d) It is set to "Silent Mode."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lyra tries giving her alethiometer to Lord Asriel, he

2. When Lyra meets the bear king, she notices that he has a doll that resembles whom?

3. Scoresby tells Serafina that he will not participate in war because

4. What are severed children?

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

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