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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Witches have whisked Lyra away.
(b) Her kidnappers appear to be Tartars.
(c) She is one of thousands of children being whisked away.
(d) She is being taken to the fish hut.

4. When the kidnappers take Lyra to the Bolvangar, who pays them?
(a) A nurse named Sister Clara.
(b) Lord Asriel.
(c) A man who appears to be a Scholar.
(d) Mrs. Coulter.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. How does Lyra create a distraction at the Bolvangar during a fire drill?
(a) Attacks a polar bear guard.
(b) Releases the guard dogs.
(c) Gets daemons to pretend they are fighting.
(d) Starts a giant snowball fight.

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

12. 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) A bride.
(d) Dust.

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

14. As Lyra and the bears hurry along on their mission, they are stopped first by witches and then by
(a) Gyptian fighters who try to take Lyra back.
(b) Tartar soldiers and their warrior daemons.
(c) Mrs. Coulter's zeppelin firing upon them.
(d) Lord Asriel and his powerful army.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the fight between Iorek and Iofur, Iorek is soon injured where?

3. Lee Scoresby explains to Lyra that to get to Svalbard, one would need a

4. What does Mrs. Coulter determine resulted in the escape of the daemons from the Bolvangar?

5. At the Bolvangar, Billy Costa tells Lyra about a hiding place in the

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