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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What daemons do the Sibirirsk regiments have?
(a) Polar bears.
(b) Snow leopards.
(c) Reindeer.
(d) Wolves.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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 area is guarded by armored bears.
(c) The entrance is protected by an electric field, and Gobblers patrol the area.
(d) The station is surrounded by wire and guarded by Tartars.

8. 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 pretend they do not know each other.
(c) Must overtake the adults the first chance they get.
(d) Need to talk to Mrs. Coulter immediately.

9. Serafina tells Lyra that she is in love with whom?
(a) Lord Asriel.
(b) Iorek Birnbaum.
(c) Farder Coram.
(d) Lee Scoresby.

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

11. How does Lyra create a distraction at the Bolvangar during a fire drill?
(a) Starts a giant snowball fight.
(b) Gets daemons to pretend they are fighting.
(c) Attacks a polar bear guard.
(d) Releases the guard dogs.

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

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

14. After Tony dies, Lyra discovers that his fish had been taken by
(a) A Gyptian to feed his dogs.
(b) A polar bear to feed her cubs.
(c) A Tartar to feed his sick friend.
(d) A child to feed his younger siblings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Bolvangar, how do Lyra and her friend exchange information without getting caught?

2. At the Bolvangar, Billy Costa tells Lyra about a hiding place in the

3. After the bears capture Lyra, they throw her into a

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

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

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