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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 daemon.
(b) Her friend Iorek.
(c) The witches.
(d) The alethiometer.

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

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

4. Mrs. Coulter thinks she is opening a tin containing the alethiometer, but instead, the spy-fly comes out and attacks
(a) Every daemon it encounters.
(b) Mrs. Coulter and her daemon.
(c) The men in the conference room.
(d) Lyra and her daemon.

5. When Lyra's hood is removed by her kidnappers, who addresses her?
(a) A woman with a cackling voice laughs at her.
(b) Mrs. Coulter talks to her disapprovingly.
(c) A Gobbler threatens her.
(d) A man speaking broken English asks her name.

6. Serafina tells Lyra that she is in love with whom?
(a) Lord Asriel.
(b) Farder Coram.
(c) Iorek Birnbaum.
(d) Lee Scoresby.

7. After Tony dies, Lyra discovers that his fish had been taken by
(a) A polar bear to feed her cubs.
(b) A Tartar to feed his sick friend.
(c) A Gyptian to feed his dogs.
(d) A child to feed his younger siblings.

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

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

10. Who is Iofur Rakinson?
(a) King of the bears.
(b) Leader of the Tartars.
(c) Mentor of John Faa.
(d) Servant of Lord Asriel.

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

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

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

14. 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) Like the dust of the earth, thou shalt scatter.
(c) Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
(d) The winds shalt scatter the dust and foil their plans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While being held by the bears, Lyra remembers that more than anything in the world, the bear king wants

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

3. What are severed children?

4. When Lyra sees hundreds of tiny black objects up in the sky, Iorek tells her they are

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?

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