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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 Thorold tell Serafina that he believes Lord Asriel is attempting to do?
(a) Prove that angels exists
(b) Save Lyra
(c) Destroy the church
(d) Destroy the Authority

2. What does Lyra do after Sir Charles locks away the alethiometer?
(a) Kicks over a chair
(b) Spits in his face
(c) Breaks a window
(d) Stomps on his foot

3. What does the alethiometer say when Lyra asks it what her dream means in chapter three?
(a) No more pizza before bed time
(b) It is confusing
(c) It was a dream about a head
(d) The head was never there

4. What does Sir Charles say that he can come up with easily to prove the alethiometer is his?
(a) Documents
(b) Photographs
(c) Bill of Sale
(d) Witnesses

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Perkins tell Will that his father, John Parry, was when he went missing?

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

3. What does Sir Charles claim to be and is the reason he wants the alethiometer?

4. What does Will tell Lyra she will need before she goes to his Oxford?

5. Where does Will go to hide for a short period of time when he first reaches Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lee have dreams of while camping in the forest with Grumman in chapter fourteen?

2. In chapter six, what is Lee told is the reason for Stanislaus Grumman's bad luck?

3. Describe Will's father as he is detailed in chapter one, "The Cat and the Hornbeam Trees".

4. In chapter fifteen, describe the feelings that Will can't quite put into words when Lyra asks him why they should be finding Will's father.

5. Describe the scene where the witches attempt to heal Will's hand in chapter thirteen.

6. Describe what happens between the specters and the grown ups as Angela describes it in chapter three.

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

8. What does Lyra do after Will has returned her alethiometer in chapter nine?

9. What does Angela say about the grownups having to be gone when the Specters come out?

10. What is the dream that wakes Lyra in chapter three?

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