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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lord Asriel tells Lyra that the Magisterium decided that Dust was the result of what?
(a) Sorcery and witchcraft.
(b) Colliding magnetic fields.
(c) Original sin.
(d) An experiment gone haywire.

2. While they are talking at Lord Asriel's home in the North, Asriel tells Lyra that Dust is
(a) Sacred and should not be tampered with.
(b) What makes the alethiometer work.
(c) What gives witches their long lives.
(d) The reason for his breakup with Mrs. Coulter.

3. When the alethiometer tells Lyra that there is a ghost in a village near the Bolvangar, she thinks the ghost may be that of a
(a) Gobbler.
(b) Guard killed in action.
(c) Missing child.
(d) Scholar.

4. What does Lyra place in Tony's mouth before his body is cremated?
(a) Gold coin.
(b) Pouch of poppy seeds.
(c) Note she wrote.
(d) Licorice piece.

5. When Lyra asks Serafina about the future of Lord Asriel, she tells the girl that Asriel will not return to the college because
(a) The Scholars have betrayed him.
(b) The Scholars have forbidden him from returning.
(c) There is work to be done in other worlds.
(d) There is a good chance he will not live long enough to return.

6. At the Bolvangar, Lyra asks about the battle. She is told that it
(a) Is a silly thing grownups like to engage in.
(b) Is none of her concern.
(c) Already ended, and the Gyptians won.
(d) Was just a bad nightmare she had.

7. When Lyra and Roger meet with Lord Asriel in his elegant home atop a high crag, what does Roger tell Lyra?
(a) Mrs. Coulter is ten times scarier than Lord Asriel.
(b) He is afraid of Lord Asriel.
(c) He is happy to be in such a comfortable house.
(d) He has lost his daemon.

8. When the children escape the compound, how do they attack the Tartar guards?
(a) Sending their daemons to ambush the guards.
(b) Using forks and other kitchen utensils.
(c) Throwing snowballs at their eyes.
(d) Calling upon Dust to overwhelm the guards.

9. After consulting her alethiometer while imprisoned by the bears, Lyra learns that someone is coming to rescue her. Who?
(a) Iorek.
(b) Lord Asriel.
(c) Serafina.
(d) Mrs. Coulter.

10. What does Iofur do after noticing Iorek's injury suffered in battle?
(a) Gets him medical attention.
(b) Allows him to rest a minute.
(c) Taunts him.
(d) Defeats him.

11. Scoresby tells Serafina that he will not participate in war because
(a) It is against his religious philosophy.
(b) He is a trader and a teacher, not a soldier.
(c) He refuses to take sides.
(d) He has been paid for transportation only, not war.

12. How is Lyra discovered when she is hiding in the Bolvangar listening to the men in the conference room?
(a) Her foot slips and makes a noise.
(b) She falls through the ceiling.
(c) She sneezes.
(d) The men's daemons find her.

13. At the Bolvangar, how do Lyra and her friend exchange information without getting caught?
(a) By passing notes.
(b) Through Lyra's alethiometer.
(c) Through their daemons.
(d) By communicating telepathically.

14. After Iorek becomes king, Lyra consults her alethiometer and discovers that Mrs. Coulter is
(a) Has captured Lee Scoresby and taken his hot air balloon.
(b) Burning down the Bolvangar to hide the evidence.
(c) Headed to Svalgard in a zeppelin that is armed with guns.
(d) Plotting with the witches to recapture Lyra.

15. At the Bolvangar, when Mrs. Coulter asks Lyra about the girl's disappearance in London, what story does Lyra fabricate?
(a) A couple took her, and then Gobblers captured her.
(b) The last thing she remembers was falling into a canal.
(c) The police kidnapped and imprisoned her for weeks.
(d) Lord Asriel told her she was in danger and then took her away.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lyra meets the bear king, she notices that he has a doll that resembles whom?

2. From her hiding place in the Bolvangar, Lyra hears Mrs. Coulter talk about a new separating machine with a blade made of

3. When the daemons escape from the Bolvangar, why is the alarm not heard?

4. When Lyra is kidnapped and taken to the Bolvangar, who does she tell everyone she is?

5. As the new king of the bears, what does Iorek Byrnison order regarding human prisoners?

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