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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. What does Lyra explain that the Church people in her world believe Dust to be?

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

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

4. What does Will say when Lyra apologizes for not having used the alethiometer to help him find his father?

5. When Lyra asks the alethiometer where to find a Scholar to ask about the dust, what does the alethiometer tell her to be sure not to do when she speaks with the Scholar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lyra's reaction when she returns to Will in chapter seven after having discovered that her alethiometer is gone.

2. 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?

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

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

5. Grumman explains to Lee why it is the Specters only attack adults. What is this explanation he gives in chapter fourteen?

6. 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?

7. What is Dr. Malone told when she goes to the office late at night in chapter twelve and hooks herself up to the Cave?

8. Describe the argument that Lyra and Will have at the beginning of chapter five after Lyra asks the police for directions to the museum.

9. What information is Lyra able to relate to Dr. Malone in chapter four in regards to dust?

10. What do the men at the observatory tell Lee that Stanislaus Grumman was studying and focused on in chapter six?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lord Asreil is often talked about in the story but not very often seen. What is the reason that Lord Asreil doesn't make an appearance in the story? Does this increase his believability in the story?

Essay Topic 2

What do the letters from Will's father represent to Will. What purpose do these letters serve to Will? Is it the letters that helped to drive Will's mother insane?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the relationship between Will and Lyra.

1) What is the relationship between the two like when they first meet?

2) In what way does the relationship change over the course of their journey?

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