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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lyra meets three girls at the Bolvangar who tell her that when a child is taken, that child
(a) Returns with a scar across the abdomen.
(b) Never returns.
(c) Comes back with two daemons.
(d) Becomes a daemon.

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

3. As Lyra and the bears hurry along on their mission, they are stopped first by witches and then by
(a) Lord Asriel and his powerful army.
(b) Mrs. Coulter's zeppelin firing upon them.
(c) Tartar soldiers and their warrior daemons.
(d) Gyptian fighters who try to take Lyra back.

4. What does Lyra learn about male witches?
(a) They do not live as long as female witches do.
(b) They have weak powers.
(c) There are none.
(d) They cannot fly.

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

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

7. When Lyra's hood is removed by her kidnappers, who addresses her?
(a) A Gobbler threatens her.
(b) A woman with a cackling voice laughs at her.
(c) Mrs. Coulter talks to her disapprovingly.
(d) A man speaking broken English asks her name.

8. While pursuing Lord Asriel, Lyra and Iorek reach a bridge where they are forced to
(a) Retreat.
(b) Separate.
(c) Admit defeat.
(d) Consult the alethiometer.

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

10. 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) Witches have whisked Lyra away.
(b) She is one of thousands of children being whisked away.
(c) Her kidnappers appear to be Tartars.
(d) She is being taken to the fish hut.

11. At the canteen in the Bolvangar, Lyra drops a handkerchief when passing by her friend and manages to convey to him that they
(a) Should not talk to the other children.
(b) Must overtake the adults the first chance they get.
(c) Must pretend they do not know each other.
(d) Need to talk to Mrs. Coulter immediately.

12. 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) Like the dust of the earth, thou shalt scatter.
(c) For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
(d) Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

13. 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.

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

15. When Lyra consults her alethiometer to see how the Bolvangar is being defended, she discovers that
(a) The region is separated by an icy moat.
(b) The station is surrounded by wire and guarded by Tartars.
(c) The area is guarded by armored bears.
(d) The entrance is protected by an electric field, and Gobblers patrol the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lyra is taken to the canteen at the Bolvangar, whom does she see?

2. When the children escape the compound, how do they attack the Tartar guards?

3. While being held by the bears, Lyra remembers that more than anything in the world, the bear king wants

4. Lee Scoresby explains to Lyra that to get to Svalbard, one would need a

5. At the Bolvangar, what lie does Mrs. Coulter tell Lyra about Dust?

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