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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Retiring Room, what is served after dinner to "clarify the mind and stimulate the tongue"?
(a) Mint.
(b) Marjoram.
(c) Petunia.
(d) Poppy.

2. In the Retiring Room, what is Lord Asriel describing to the group seated around the table?
(a) His exploration to the North.
(b) His position at the rectory.
(c) His theory on daemons.
(d) His friendship with the Master.

3. In Chapter 8, when Lyra sees airships in the sky, she knows that
(a) The expedition is headed to the North.
(b) The Gyptians plan to overtake one.
(c) The search for her continues.
(d) They are transporting Scholars to London.

4. Lyra and her friends overhear Ma Costa yelling at a horse trader about the disappearance of her
(a) Horse.
(b) Daemon.
(c) Son.
(d) Daughter.

5. When Lyra enters the forbidden Retiring Room, what form does her daemon take?
(a) Moth.
(b) Spider.
(c) Bat.
(d) Snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Coulter ask Lyra not to wear to the cocktail party she throws?

2. What does Lord Asriel call the light in the images he shows the group seated in the Retiring Room?

3. What does the lord of the western Gyptians forbid his people from doing?

4. Jordan College is known as the premier center for what?

5. When Lyra is taken to a narrow boat captained by Ma Costa, the girl

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