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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lyra and Iorek follow Lord Asriel's sledge tracks but stop at a bridge. Why?
(a) The tracks veer off sharply to the left.
(b) A Tartar guard blocks their path.
(c) It is too small for Iorek to cross.
(d) A central part of the bridge is missing.

2. After being awakened by Thorold at Lord Asriel's house, Lyra learns that Asriel has taken
(a) Iorek.
(b) Her alethiometer.
(c) Her daemon.
(d) Roger.

3. When Lyra climbs into her hiding place in the ceiling of the Bolvangar, she can hear Mrs. Coulter and three men in a conference room discussing what?
(a) Escaped daemons.
(b) Runaway children.
(c) A kidnapped Lord Asriel.
(d) Imprisoned Gyptians.

4. 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) There is work to be done in other worlds.
(c) There is a good chance he will not live long enough to return.
(d) The Scholars have forbidden him from returning.

5. When Lyra is captured in battle and a hood is placed over her head, her daemon serves as her eyes. What does he tell her that he sees?
(a) Her kidnappers appear to be Tartars.
(b) She is one of thousands of children being whisked away.
(c) Witches have whisked Lyra away.
(d) She is being taken to the fish hut.

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

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

8. What does Mrs. Coulter determine resulted in the escape of the daemons from the Bolvangar?
(a) Sleeping guards.
(b) The daemons' cunning.
(c) A witch's spell.
(d) An outside force.

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

10. While being held by the bears, Lyra remembers that more than anything in the world, the bear king wants
(a) An alethiometer.
(b) Dust.
(c) A bride.
(d) A daemon.

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

12. At the Bolvangar, Billy Costa tells Lyra about a hiding place in the
(a) Closet.
(b) Basement.
(c) Ceiling.
(d) Pantry.

13. In the fight between Iorek and Iofur, Iorek is soon injured where?
(a) Right side.
(b) Left eye.
(c) Left paw.
(d) Lower back.

14. What are severed children?
(a) Those who have been separated from their daemons.
(b) Those whose daemons have abandoned them.
(c) Those whose daemons settled too early.
(d) Those born without a daemon.

15. At Lord Asriel's elegant home, Roger is sent to bed while Lyra is
(a) Asked to help prepare dinner.
(b) Told to meet with Lord Asriel.
(c) Given dessert.
(d) Questioned thoroughly about her alethiometer.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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

2. When Lyra consults her alethiometer to see how the Bolvangar is being defended, she discovers that

3. When Lyra and Roger meet with Lord Asriel in his elegant home atop a high crag, what does Roger tell Lyra?

4. At the canteen in the Bolvangar, Lyra drops a handkerchief when passing by her friend and manages to convey to him that they

5. How is Lyra discovered when she is hiding in the Bolvangar listening to the men in the conference room?

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