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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) A kidnapped Lord Asriel.
(c) Runaway children.
(d) Escaped daemons.

Short Answer Questions

1. While they are talking at Lord Asriel's home in the North, Asriel tells Lyra that Dust is

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

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

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

5. At the Bolvangar, Lyra asks about the battle. She is told that it

Short Essay Questions

1. At the Bolvangar, how does Lyra contact Roger without attracting attention?

2. As children line up to get hot drinks at the canteen at the Bolvangar, what does Lyra reveal to them about her escape plan?

3. Why does Iorek take Lyra to the village near the Bolvangar?

4. When Lyra consults her alethiometer under the insistence of John Faa to learn more about the Bolvangar, what details does she reveal?

5. When Lyra is with Mrs. Coulter at the Bolvangar, she realizes she is safe only as long as she pretends to know very little of what is actually going on. What does Lyra tell Coulter to throw her off track?

6. Right before the battle between Iorek and Iofur, Lyra asks to meet and speak with Iorek. Why does she do this?

7. Which characters serve as Lyra's motherly and fatherly figures?

8. What happens after Lyra learns that Tony Makarios, the daemonless child she retrieves, is dead?

9. Describe the battle that interrupts Lyra, Iorek, and the other bears as they chase after the tracks made by Lord Asriel's sledge.

10. When Thorold wakes up Lyra at Lord Asriel's residence in the North, he is concerned. What does he tell her?

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