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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. While pursuing Lord Asriel, Lyra and Iorek reach a bridge where they are forced to
(a) Retreat.
(b) Admit defeat.
(c) Consult the alethiometer.
(d) Separate.

4. Serafina tells Lyra that the Oblation Board is funded by the
(a) Church.
(b) Tartars.
(c) Gobblers.
(d) Foundation.

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

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

7. Lyra meets three girls at the Bolvangar who tell her that when a child is taken, that child
(a) Returns with a scar across the abdomen.
(b) Becomes a daemon.
(c) Never returns.
(d) Comes back with two daemons.

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

9. 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) Scholar.
(b) Gobbler.
(c) Guard killed in action.
(d) Missing child.

10. Lord Asriel explains to Lyra that the name "Dust" was derived from a passage in the Bible reading
(a) For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
(b) The winds shalt scatter the dust and foil their plans.
(c) Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
(d) Like the dust of the earth, thou shalt scatter.

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

12. At the Bolvangar, what lie does Mrs. Coulter tell Lyra about Dust?
(a) It is evil and can infect daemons.
(b) It is harvested for its mind-strengthening properties.
(c) It is used to cure diseases in children.
(d) She really does not know anything about it.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Iofur Rakinson?

4. Lord Asriel tells Lyra that the Magisterium decided that Dust was the result of what?

5. When Lyra tries giving her alethiometer to Lord Asriel, he

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