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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. What does Will's father discover the Eskimo's call the anomaly that John and the others are looking for?
(a) Passage to manhood
(b) Door to the other side
(c) Gateway to heaven
(d) Door to the spirit world

2. What form does Pantalaimon take that scares the children of Cittagazze away?
(a) Tiger
(b) Leopard
(c) Elephant
(d) Lion

3. What does Will tell the driver of the car that hit Lyra that they are?
(a) Neighbors
(b) Brother and sister
(c) Cousins
(d) Twins

4. What does Lyra's cat do that shocks Will?
(a) Disappears
(b) Growls
(c) Bites
(d) Changes shape

5. What does Serafina give to Lee Scoresby so that he can call her wherever he is?
(a) A lock of her hair
(b) A flower
(c) A ribbon from her dress
(d) A cell phone

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Will know Mrs. Cooper?

2. What does Lee and his daemon notice when they look at Skraeling's daemon's face?

3. What does Hester tell Lee to take after the Skraeling is dead?

4. What does John explain in his letter that Nelson's funding comes from?

5. What do the men ask Will's mother about when they come to see her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the thoughts that Will recalls of the fights that he has had in the past when he begins his battle in chapter eight?

2. What does Grumman explain might be the problem with trying to protect Lyra with the subtle knife?

3. Describe the mob of children that are nearing Lyra and Will before they attack in chapter eleven.

4. In chapter six what do the men at the bar tell Lee about the new world?

5. What is Dr. Malone's assessment of Sir Charles and his offer in chapter twelve?

6. Why is Will angry when Lyra begins reading the alethiometer about his life and his father?

7. What does Will explain in chapter thirteen is the reason that he thinks maybe the Specters came from his world?

8. In the second chapter what does Fra Pavel exaplain about Lyra and the alethiometer?

9. What does Lyra apologize to Will for in chapter seven when she returns from her narrow escape with the pale man posing as a police officer?

10. What is Lyra beginning to believe about the alethiometer while she is asking it questions in chapter four?

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