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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 8 is entitled The League of which saint?
(a) St. Lawrence.
(b) St. Francis.
(c) St. Augustine.
(d) St. Alexander.

2. With whom does Hannah meet in Chapter 6 for a debriefing?
(a) George Papadimitriou.
(b) Malcolm
(c) Lord Nugent.
(d) Robert Luckhurst.

3. What is the name of Coram's daemon?
(a) Axel.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Gunnar.
(d) Asta.

4. What kind of business do Malcolm's parents own?
(a) A messenger service.
(b) An inn.
(c) A tavern.
(d) A daemon expeller.

5. Chapter 7 is entitled Too what?
(a) Much.
(b) Soon.
(c) Bad.
(d) Late.

6. What is found to be the cause of death in the man who drops the acorn-like object by the river early in the novel?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Drowning.

7. Who ends up being hidden at the convent by the nuns there?
(a) Lyra.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Asta.
(d) Gunnar.

8. What percentage of Malcolm's being is inhabited by his animal daemon?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 3/4.

9. In Chapter 9, Hannah finds a new what in order to replace Robert Luckhurst?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Architect.
(c) Insulator.
(d) Carpenter.

10. From whom does Malcolm learn the truth about the man by the river's cause of death?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Mr. Taphouse.
(c) Eric.
(d) Lyra.

11. In what location is Malcolm at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) In the canal.
(b) The school playground.
(c) The priory.
(d) In the river.

12. Whom does Eric hypothesize is responsible for the murdered man's death?
(a) The Muscovites.
(b) The Troglodytes.
(c) The Shiites.
(d) The Believers.

13. What piece of information does Malcolm intentionally withhold from his parents about Hannah in Chapter 6?
(a) That she works at Oxford.
(b) That he is spying for her.
(c) Her blood type.
(d) Her last name.

14. When Malcolm spots a man from his watercraft on the river, behind what objects is the man hiding?
(a) Silos.
(b) Houses.
(c) Trees.
(d) Bushes.

15. Eric reports that his father had been unable to tell him about the murdered man being a spy due to the existence of what?
(a) The Curse of La Belle Sauvage.
(b) The Official Secrets Act.
(c) The Patriot Act.
(d) The Book of Dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. The headmaster at Malcolm's school has what type of animal daemon?

2. On whose behalf is Dr. Hannah Relf working when she is studying the inner workings of the alethiometer?

3. The title of Chapter 6 is Glazing what?

4. When the hidden man drops something, who retrieves it and gives it to Malcolm?

5. In addition to a daemon, what other type of weapon does the man have who engages in a fight with Coram?

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