The Subtle Knife Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Subtle Knife Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 Lee find out Stanislaus Grumman had done as part of his initiation into the Tartar clan?

2. What does Sarafina Pekkala see while traveling to Svalvard?

3. What does Queen Ruta Skadi say that she is going to go do when the witch council is ended?

4. What does Lyra tell the police officers that she and Will are looking for?

5. What does Lyra tell Will to do to Sir Charles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Will fear will happen if someone finds out how sick his mother is?

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

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

5. What does Dr. Payne tell Dr. Malone that he will do if she turns down Sir Charles' offer?

6. What does Will think of when he sees Sir Charles' house in chapter seven?

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

8. What does Sir Charles tell Dr. Malone and Dr. Payne his three conditions are for helping their funding be restored in chapter twelve?

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

10. What do Lyra and Will say to each other in chapter thirteen about the way that the children behaved in Cittagazze attacking the cat and them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the importance of Will learning that Grumman was his father just a moment before Grumman was killed. What effect does this have on Will? What does it say about Grumman that he was willing to break his promise to Lee?

Essay Topic 2

The old man who teaches Will to use the knife commits suicide. What is the reason that the man killed himself? Why could he not have gone through a window to another world? Given what is known, what was his frame of mind that caused him to feel that death was the only option left to him?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the situation that the children of Cittagazze. Is it understandable that they have grouped up the way that they have? Is their behavior understandable?

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