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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what body part does Coram injure the animal daemon that is accompanying the man who engages Coram in a fight?

2. What object does Malcolm give to Lyra as a gift within Chapter 7?

3. What vehicle do Malcolm and Hannah use in order to communicate?

4. How old is Malcolm, the protagonist of the novel Book of Dust?

5. With whom does Hannah meet in Chapter 6 for a debriefing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the theme of deception enter the narrative within Chapter 6?

2. Describe Malcolm's character.

3. What aspects of the nuns' lives does Malcolm admire?

4. Describe the way in which daemons work within the world of the novel.

5. To whom does Malcolm first voice his concerns about the visitors inquiring at The Trout Inn about the priory and an infant?

6. Discuss the identity of the man who dropped the acorn nearby the river.

7. In what way is the theme of courage depicted within Chapter 10?

8. What is the impetus behind the removal of Malcolm's elementary school principal?

9. Who is Miss Carmichael?

10. Describe the inn owned by Malcolm's parents.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by Pullman in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author serve the author’s creation of vivid characters.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Philip Pullman's novel Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage and analyze Pullman’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Philip Pullman's novel Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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