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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. When the alethiometer tells Lyra that there is a ghost in a village near the Bolvangar, she thinks the ghost may be that of a
(a) Scholar.
(b) Gobbler.
(c) Missing child.
(d) Guard killed in action.

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

3. As the children escape from the compound, they see
(a) Lee Scoresby dropping sacks of sand on the Tartars.
(b) Lee Scoresby deflating Mrs. Coulter's zeppelin.
(c) Mrs. Coulter sending a witch after Lyra.
(d) The Tartars taking Lyra away.

4. 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) Runaway children.
(c) Imprisoned Gyptians.
(d) A kidnapped Lord Asriel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At Lord Asriel's elegant home, Roger is sent to bed while Lyra is

2. By the end of Chapter 20, Lyra has decided to take her alethiometer to

3. As Lyra and the bears hurry along on their mission, they are stopped first by witches and then by

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

5. In Chapter 16, who saves Lyra from being separated from her daemon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lyra is traveling in Scoresby's balloon. When Lyra asks Serafina about the future of Lord Asriel, what does the witch, who is flying next to the balloon, explain?

2. What does Serafina say when Lyra asks her if she loved Farder Coram?

3. After Lyra and Roger go to Lord Asriel's residence in the North, what does Roger say to Lyra about the man?

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

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

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

7. When Lyra is imprisoned by the armored bears, she reads her alethiometer with help from Pan, who transforms himself into a firefly. What information does the alethiometer reveal?

8. When Lyra and Mrs. Coulter are reunited at the Bolvangar, what does the woman tell the girl about Dust?

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

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

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