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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lyra is able to answer all of the bear king's difficult questions by consulting
(a) Her friend Iorek.
(b) The witches.
(c) Her daemon.
(d) The alethiometer.

2. When Iorek and Lyra reach the village near the Bolvangar, they are met by what?
(a) Polar bears and a woman with an electron gun.
(b) Honking geese and a child with a book.
(c) Baby seals and a girl with a sled.
(d) Howling dogs and a man with a rifle.

3. After the battle between the two bears is over, Lyra is reunited with
(a) Roger.
(b) Pan.
(c) Lee.
(d) Billy.

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

5. When Lyra finds Tony Makarios in the fish house, whom does he ask about?
(a) His daemon.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His teacher.

6. As the children escape from the compound, they see
(a) Lee Scoresby dropping sacks of sand on the Tartars.
(b) Lee Scoresby deflating Mrs. Coulter's zeppelin.
(c) The Tartars taking Lyra away.
(d) Mrs. Coulter sending a witch after Lyra.

7. When Lyra and friends sneak off during a fire drill at Bolvangar, what do they find?
(a) Invading polar bears.
(b) Caged daemons.
(c) Hiding witches.
(d) Hundreds of alethiometers.

8. How do the bears, accompanied by Lyra, fight against their attackers in Chapter 22?
(a) With their sharp teeth.
(b) By calling upon other animals for help.
(c) With a fire thrower.
(d) Using powerful laser beams.

9. What does Lyra learn about the ages of witches?
(a) They never die.
(b) A human year is equivalent to ten witch years.
(c) They live hundreds of years.
(d) Nobody keeps track of a witch's age.

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

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

12. After the bears capture Lyra, they throw her into a
(a) Dark cell.
(b) Deep canyon.
(c) Narrow crevice.
(d) Slippery pit.

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

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

15. When Lyra is kidnapped and taken to the Bolvangar, who does she tell everyone she is?
(a) Betty Sue Coulter.
(b) Lizzie Brooks.
(c) Sara Smith.
(d) Emily Asriel.

Short Answer Questions

1. While being held captive by the bears, Lyra consults her alethiometer using light provided by

2. Lord Asriel explains to Lyra that the name "Dust" was derived from a passage in the Bible reading

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

4. What does Lyra place in Tony's mouth before his body is cremated?

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

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