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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. After waking up and finding that Lord Asriel is gone, Lyra and a group of bears take off to
(a) Rescue Iorek.
(b) Find her daemon.
(c) Retrieve her alethiometer.
(d) Rescue Roger.

9. Iorek was exiled from Svalbard for what?
(a) Insulting the leader.
(b) Losing his armor.
(c) Losing an important battle.
(d) Killing a bear.

10. What does Lyra learn about male witches?
(a) There are none.
(b) They have weak powers.
(c) They cannot fly.
(d) They do not live as long as female witches do.

11. Lee Scoresby explains to Lyra that to get to Svalbard, one would need a
(a) Zeppelin.
(b) Snowmobile.
(c) Large boat.
(d) Hot-air balloon.

12. When the daemons escape from the Bolvangar, why is the alarm not heard?
(a) It sounds, but nobody recognizes it.
(b) The daemons disengaged it.
(c) It is set to "Silent Mode."
(d) It is drowned out by the fire alarm.

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

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

15. After being awakened by Thorold at Lord Asriel's house, Lyra learns that Asriel has taken
(a) Roger.
(b) Her daemon.
(c) Iorek.
(d) Her alethiometer.

Short Answer Questions

1. While pursuing Lord Asriel, Lyra and Iorek reach a bridge where they are forced to

2. When the children escape the compound, how do they attack the Tartar guards?

3. Who is Iofur Rakinson?

4. At the Bolvangar, Lyra asks about the battle. She is told that it

5. Mrs. Coulter thinks she is opening a tin containing the alethiometer, but instead, the spy-fly comes out and attacks

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