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

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

3. In the fight between Iorek and Iofur, Iorek is soon injured where?
(a) Left eye.
(b) Right side.
(c) Lower back.
(d) Left paw.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lyra place in Tony's mouth before his body is cremated?

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

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

4. Iorek was exiled from Svalbard for what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is the Bolvangar similar to a school?

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

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

4. While Lyra is imprisoned in the armored bears' palace, what does she learn about the king bear from a fellow prisoner?

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

7. Summarize what Lyra overhears of the conversation about escaped daemons between Mrs. Coulter and the men in the conference room.

8. At the Bolvangar, what do the three girls who wake Lyra up tell her about what goes on there?

9. 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?

10. When Lyra and the Gyptians are attacked by surprise in the North, Lyra is abducted. Who takes her, and where do they go?

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