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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coram tells Lyra that the alethiometer decoder book can be found where?
(a) Zagreb.
(b) Heidelberg.
(c) Salzburg.
(d) Beograd.

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

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

4. After running away from Mrs. Coulter, Lyra wanders through London before stopping at a stall to buy what?
(a) Milk and cookies.
(b) Ginger ale and a tomato sandwich.
(c) Coffee and a ham sandwich.
(d) Tea and biscuits.

5. Who had served as Lyra's nurse and caregiver when she was a young child?
(a) Adele Starminster.
(b) Ma Costa.
(c) Mrs. Coulter.
(d) Dame Pantalaimon.

6. In Chapter 2, when the Master enters the Retiring Room, Lyra notices that he immediately looks at the
(a) Daemon.
(b) Window.
(c) Table.
(d) Wardrobe.

7. At the cocktail party hosted by Mrs. Coulter, Lyra hears a group of men say that the name for Dust is what?
(a) Rusakov Particles.
(b) Molotov Sparks.
(c) Peterhof Sparks.
(d) Hasselhoff Particles.

8. Ma Costa tells Lyra that the Gyptians are water people but the girl is what type of person?
(a) Air.
(b) Fire.
(c) Wood.
(d) Earth.

9. Mrs. Coulter is a member of
(a) Dame Jasmine's college.
(b) Dame Hannah's college.
(c) Dame Hannah's board.
(d) Dame Jasmine's board.

10. Colonel Carborne is the first man to do what?
(a) Find Dust at the North Pole.
(b) Decipher the magnetic nature of the North Pole.
(c) Reach the North Pole with a team of dogs.
(d) Cross the North Pole in a balloon.

11. In Chapter 6, the reader learns that when a daemon is hurt, its master feels
(a) Pain.
(b) Rage.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Nothing.

12. Faa and Coram explain to Lyra that her father had fallen in love with a
(a) Gyptian leader.
(b) Jordan Scholar.
(c) Kitchen helper.
(d) Married woman.

13. While riding on the zeppelin with Mrs. Coulter, Lyra feels what?
(a) Sleepy and cold.
(b) Excited and glamorous.
(c) Hyperactive and confused.
(d) Frightened and remorseful.

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

15. In London, when the pair is not socializing, Mrs. Coulter teaches Lyra
(a) Modern dance and art.
(b) Math and geography.
(c) Latin and Greek.
(d) Biology and chemistry.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the stranger who buys Lyra food in the streets of London asks about her father, what does she say?

2. How does Lyra feel about Mrs. Coulter being her mother?

3. When Faa and Coram speak to Lyra, why is she frightened at first?

4. What does Kaisa tell Lyra about Lord Asriel and Dust?

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

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