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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 Sarafina Pekkala see while traveling to Svalvard?

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

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

4. At the beginning of chapter four who does Will call?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In chapter six what do the men at the bar tell Lee about the new world?

5. In chapter ten, what does John Parry, also known as Grumman, tell Lee he has summoned Lee to help him do?

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

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

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

9. Explain the thoughts that Will recalls of the fights that he has had in the past when he begins his battle in chapter eight?

10. Why is Will angry when Lyra begins reading the alethiometer about his life and his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are beings in the story that eventually come to be known as Zngels. Describe Angels, given what is known about them. In what way are these creatures the same as the ones that are commonly thought of in real life?

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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