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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 John explain in his letter that Nelson's funding comes from?
(a) United Nations
(b) A Mrs. Coulter
(c) Catholic Church
(d) Ministry of Defense

2. While Will stands trying to decide what to do while in Oxford what does he see that catches his attentions?
(a) Dust
(b) A dog
(c) A cat
(d) A golden compass

3. What does Hester tell Lee to take after the Skraeling is dead?
(a) His letter to the Church
(b) His ring
(c) His coat
(d) His money purse

4. What does Lyra check on to make sure it isn't broken after she is struck by the car?
(a) Alethiometer
(b) Her ipod
(c) Her daemon
(d) Her leg

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lyra feel the loss of the alethiometer has changed her into?

2. Who does Will see going into the lawyer's office just as Will decides he might need to go in there?

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

4. What does Will's father discover the Eskimo's call the anomaly that John and the others are looking for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Will's initial response when he first enters the new world after following the cat in chapter one?

2. What does Pantalaimon explain was the reason that he licked Will while talking to Lyra in chapter thirteen?

3. How does the old man explain to Will to use the knife to cut through to another world?

4. What is Will's response to the children that are attacking the cat?

5. What does the witch, Lena Feldt, find about the men that are following them in the beginning of chapter fifteen?

6. What is wrong with Will when he first wakes up in chapter eleven?

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

8. In chapter four, what does Lyra suddenly begin considering after she sees the initials SP carved into a stone on the corner of Catte Street?

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

10. What does Will tell Lyra about where the specters might have come from in chapter eleven?

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