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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. The golden compass has the ability to do what?
(a) Map out coordinates.
(b) Erase memories.
(c) Return to its owner.
(d) Tell the truth.

2. When Lyra first sits down with Faa and Coram, what do they ask her to do?
(a) Tell them about Mrs. Coulter and the Gobblers.
(b) Remain with the Gyptians until they tell her otherwise.
(c) Eat and rest before traveling to the North.
(d) Tell no one what she knows about Dust.

3. Who is the king of the Gyptians?
(a) Jaxer Kerim.
(b) John Faa.
(c) Billy Costa.
(d) Monty Belacqua.

4. What does Lord Asriel call the "streams and veils of light hung like curtains" in the sky?
(a) Photon beam.
(b) Australis.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Proton emission.

5. What happens to the two men who are abducting Lyra as they bind her legs and hands?
(a) Both die of heart attacks.
(b) They are arrested by police.
(c) They are killed by arrows.
(d) Both fall into the canal.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Lyra hides with the Gyptians, what does Ma Costa recount to the girl about her father?

2. While riding with the Costas in a narrow boat along the Grand Junction Canal, Lyra learns from Tony that

3. To prove to the Scholars that Dr. Grumman is dead, what does Lord Asriel show them?

4. Overhearing a group of men at the cocktail party hosted by Mrs. Coulter, Lyra learns that Dust particles are attracted to

5. When Lyra's daemon tires of living in luxury with Mrs. Coulter, he tries to convince Lyra to

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