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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Coulter determine resulted in the escape of the daemons from the Bolvangar?
(a) Sleeping guards.
(b) An outside force.
(c) A witch's spell.
(d) The daemons' cunning.

2. 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) It is too small for Iorek to cross.
(c) A Tartar guard blocks their path.
(d) A central part of the bridge is missing.

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

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

5. When Lyra and friends sneak off during a fire drill at Bolvangar, what do they find?
(a) Hiding witches.
(b) Invading polar bears.
(c) Hundreds of alethiometers.
(d) Caged daemons.

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

7. At Lord Asriel's elegant home, Roger is sent to bed while Lyra is
(a) Questioned thoroughly about her alethiometer.
(b) Asked to help prepare dinner.
(c) Told to meet with Lord Asriel.
(d) Given dessert.

8. As the new king of the bears, what does Iorek Byrnison order regarding human prisoners?
(a) Their execution.
(b) That they be given fair trials.
(c) Their release.
(d) That they be banished.

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

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

11. When the children escape the compound, how do they attack the Tartar guards?
(a) Throwing snowballs at their eyes.
(b) Sending their daemons to ambush the guards.
(c) Calling upon Dust to overwhelm the guards.
(d) Using forks and other kitchen utensils.

12. Lord Asriel tells Lyra that the Magisterium decided that Dust was the result of what?
(a) An experiment gone haywire.
(b) Sorcery and witchcraft.
(c) Original sin.
(d) Colliding magnetic fields.

13. While being held captive by the bears, Lyra consults her alethiometer using light provided by
(a) Small clumps of glowing Dust.
(b) The faint glow of her wristwatch.
(c) The small opening high above her.
(d) Her daemon who takes on the form of a firefly.

14. After the battle between the two bears is over, Lyra is reunited with
(a) Pan.
(b) Roger.
(c) Billy.
(d) Lee.

15. Who is Iofur Rakinson?
(a) Servant of Lord Asriel.
(b) King of the bears.
(c) Leader of the Tartars.
(d) Mentor of John Faa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lyra create an explosion in the compound's kitchen when she escapes from Mrs. Coulter?

2. When Lyra finds Tony Makarios in the fish house, whom does he ask about?

3. When the kidnappers take Lyra to the Bolvangar, who pays them?

4. Lyra meets three girls at the Bolvangar who tell her that when a child is taken, that child

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

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