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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. While they are talking at Lord Asriel's home in the North, Asriel tells Lyra that Dust is
(a) What gives witches their long lives.
(b) What makes the alethiometer work.
(c) The reason for his breakup with Mrs. Coulter.
(d) Sacred and should not be tampered with.

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

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

10. 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) The Tartars taking Lyra away.
(d) Mrs. Coulter sending a witch after Lyra.

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

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

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

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

15. In the fight between Iorek and Iofur, Iorek is soon injured where?
(a) Left paw.
(b) Lower back.
(c) Left eye.
(d) Right side.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Lyra consults her alethiometer to see how the Bolvangar is being defended, she discovers that

3. What does Lyra learn about the ages of witches?

4. 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?

5. Who is Iofur Rakinson?

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