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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Adele Starminster?
(a) Journalist from Oxford.
(b) Professor from Cambridge.
(c) Scientist from Oxford.
(d) Musician from Cambridge.

2. When Lyra overhears a whispered conversation between the Master and the Librarian, she learns that they are trying to do what to Lord Asriel?
(a) Kick him out.
(b) Humiliate him.
(c) Bring him to his senses.
(d) Kill him.

3. In Chapter 4, Part 1, Lyra is told that she will be traveling North as Mrs. Coulter's what?
(a) Student.
(b) Daemon groomer.
(c) Cook.
(d) Personal assistant.

4. When Lyra and Roger explore the underground regions of the college and enter a crypt, they find coffins with
(a) Nothing inside.
(b) Past Masters inside.
(c) The word "Dust" written on each.
(d) Daemon corpses.

5. What does the lord of the western Gyptians forbid his people from doing?
(a) Hiding Lyra.
(b) Turning Lyra in.
(c) Imprisoning Lyra.
(d) Taking Lyra in.

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

7. What is inside the package wrapped in black velvet that the Master gives Lyra?
(a) Alethiometer.
(b) Barometer.
(c) Intervalometer.
(d) Thermometer.

8. Lyra tells Iorek that the armor can be found where?
(a) Trunk owned by Mrs. Coulter.
(b) Basement of the priest's house.
(c) Shed owned by the Oblation Board.
(d) Library of the theology museum.

9. Tony Makarios, one of the children who has disappeared, had to
(a) Help hide the Gyptians.
(b) Work as a spy for the Scholars.
(c) Steal food to eat.
(d) Run errands for money.

10. Jordan College is known as the premier center for what?
(a) Experimental biology.
(b) Experimental theology.
(c) History of theology.
(d) History of biology.

11. In the darker image that Lord Asriel shows the group seated in the Retiring Room, the man in the foreground is bathed in bright light that appears to be emitted from where?
(a) His briefcase.
(b) The hut next to him.
(c) A dark cloud above him.
(d) His raised hand.

12. In the alethiometer, the serpent represents what?
(a) Longevity.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Cunning.

13. Lyra believes her parents died in an airship accident, but what do Faa and Coram reveal to her about her father?
(a) He lives in India.
(b) He is hiding in South America.
(c) He is Lord Asriel.
(d) He is the Master.

14. What does Lyra call her daemon affectionately?
(a) Pan.
(b) Tumi.
(c) Palt.
(d) Tout.

15. The person who watches Tony Makarios eat his pie asks him if he wants what?
(a) Mints.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Iced tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lyra pinpoint the location of the bear's armor?

2. After Lyra, her friends, and some Gyptian children search for Billy, but end up not finding him, who else goes missing?

3. While looking for shelter in the streets of London, Lyra is caught by men with a

4. Lord Asriel is said to look like what when he yawns?

5. Iorek Byrnison is

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