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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) The men's daemons find her.
(c) She falls through the ceiling.
(d) She sneezes.

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

5. 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.

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

7. From her hiding place in the Bolvangar, Lyra hears Mrs. Coulter talk about a new separating machine with a blade made of
(a) Aluminum and cobalt.
(b) Gold and silver.
(c) Manganese and titanium.
(d) Lead and copper.

8. What daemons do the Sibirirsk regiments have?
(a) Polar bears.
(b) Snow leopards.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Reindeer.

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

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

11. 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) Runaway children.
(b) Imprisoned Gyptians.
(c) A kidnapped Lord Asriel.
(d) Escaped daemons.

12. 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) Missing child.
(c) Gobbler.
(d) Guard killed in action.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lyra meets three girls at the Bolvangar who tell her that when a child is taken, that child

3. What does Iofur do after noticing Iorek's injury suffered in battle?

4. At the Bolvangar, how do Lyra and her friend exchange information without getting caught?

5. Who is Iofur Rakinson?

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