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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John tell his wife he will bring her at the end of his last letter?
(a) A picture of the anomaly
(b) A souvenir from the spirit world
(c) A spirit of hir own
(d) A jug of glacier water

2. What do the men ask Will's mother about when they come to see her?
(a) A lost cat
(b) Her money
(c) Wil's father
(d) A golden compass

3. What do the men in the bar say that Stanislaus Grumman's interests were in?
(a) The aurora
(b) Magical items
(c) Philosophical things
(d) Rock oil

4. What does Will say when Lyra apologizes for not having used the alethiometer to help him find his father?
(a) He comforts her
(b) He laughs
(c) He doesn't care if she is sorry or not
(d) He tells her that he is ashamed of his behavior also

5. What does Lyra show Dr. Malone in an attempt to get Dr. Malone to agree to let her use the cave?
(a) Alethiometer
(b) Pantalaimon
(c) The window
(d) Her webbed toes

6. What does Will notice is missing in regards to his father that cause him to wonder about the stories his mother tells?
(a) No souvenirs
(b) No phone calls
(c) No pictures or proof
(d) No postcards

7. What does Will decide to do rather than phoning his mother?
(a) Send her a text message
(b) Write her a post card
(c) Send her flowers
(d) Send her a telegram

8. What does Lyra tell Will she has come looking for?
(a) Subtle Knife
(b) Dust
(c) A green leather case
(d) Alethiometer

9. What does Lyra tell the police officers that she and Will are looking for?
(a) Library
(b) Police Station
(c) Mall
(d) Museum

10. What does the Cardinal suggest that Mrs. Coulter must have known about and not told them?
(a) That Mrs. Coulter is aiding the witches
(b) That Mrs. Coulter is hiding Lyra
(c) That Mrs. Coulter knew about the prophecy concerning Lyra
(d) That Mrs. Coulter is helping Lyra's father

11. What does the man tell Serafina that he has seen when she asks if he has seen Lyra?
(a) Demons
(b) Angels
(c) Yeti
(d) Zombies

12. Where does Mr. Perkins tell Will that the money comes from every few months that Will and his mother receive?
(a) Will's mother is rich
(b) Unknown origin
(c) Trust fund
(d) The people that had been in charge of John Parry's last expedition

13. What does Will begin looking for when he goes back to his empty house?
(a) Green leather writing case
(b) Golden Compass
(c) Thing one and Thing two
(d) Subtle Knife

14. Which is NOT an attribute of the strange fog that rolls in as it is described in chapter six?
(a) Occasionally there is strange light coming from it
(b) It causes people to fall asleep
(c) Voices come from the fog
(d) Forms could be vaguely seen

15. What does Lyra feel the loss of the alethiometer has changed her into?
(a) A lost little girl
(b) Someone who doesn't matter
(c) A failure
(d) A ghast

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lyra hear coming from the window that leads to Will's world?

2. When the young witch, Juta Kamainen, comes to Serafina what does she say about Stanislaus Grumman?

3. What is one of the ways the Tartar that Lee hires to drive him to the observatory able to make his way through the dense fog without getting lost?

4. What does Lyra see on top of the tower after the children have fled in Cittagazze?

5. What do the police ask Lyra about while in Dr. Malone's office that lets her know she is in trouble?

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