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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's daemon, Pantalaimon, do that shocks Will for a moment?
2. What does Will tell Lyra she will need before she goes to his Oxford?
3. What is significant about the year that Will's father went missing?
4. How does Will know Mrs. Cooper?
5. What does Will begin looking for when he goes back to his empty house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the men at the observatory tell Lee that Stanislaus Grumman was studying and focused on in chapter six?
2. What is Will's response to the children that are attacking the cat?
3. How does Dr. Malone describe Shadows?
4. In chapter nine, how does Mrs. Coulter explain the two bodyguards that she carries?
5. 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?
6. How does the old man explain to Will to use the knife to cut through to another world?
7. In chapter seven when Lyra looses her temper, describe her reaction to Sir Charles.
8. Describe Will's father as he is detailed in chapter one, "The Cat and the Hornbeam Trees".
9. Describe the scene in chapter eleven where Will asks Lyra to check on his mother.
10. What information is Lyra able to relate to Dr. Malone in chapter four in regards to dust?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the difference between the children of Cittagazze and Lyra and Will? Will and Lyra are the same age as those children but didn't join in the actions. What is the reason that they resisted the same behaviors?
Essay Topic 2
There are several different "monsters" in the story. Define the characteristics of zombies, Specters and Ghasts. How are these beings different from humans? How are the humans different from the angels that have been seen?
Essay Topic 3
What is significant about the cat to Will? Does it seem that the cat served a deeper purpose in the story? Why did it continue to reappear in the story?
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