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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Colonel Carborne is the first man to do what?
(a) Decipher the magnetic nature of the North Pole.
(b) Find Dust at the North Pole.
(c) Reach the North Pole with a team of dogs.
(d) Cross the North Pole in a balloon.

2. What happens when Lyra and Roger enter the cellars where Tokay and wines are kept?
(a) They become intoxicated.
(b) They get lost.
(c) They lose their daemons.
(d) They are caught by the Master.

3. Faa and Coram explain to Lyra that her father had fallen in love with a
(a) Jordan Scholar.
(b) Married woman.
(c) Kitchen helper.
(d) Gyptian leader.

4. Lyra believes her parents died in an airship accident, but what do Faa and Coram reveal to her about her father?
(a) He is Lord Asriel.
(b) He is the Master.
(c) He is hiding in South America.
(d) He lives in India.

5. Jordan College is known as the premier center for what?
(a) History of theology.
(b) Experimental biology.
(c) History of biology.
(d) Experimental theology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tony Makarios find inside the large warehouse he is led to?

2. Lord Asriel is said to look like what when he yawns?

3. Overhearing a group of men at the cocktail party hosted by Mrs. Coulter, Lyra learns that Dust particles are attracted to

4. Who take Lyra away after two men unsuccessfully try to abduct her?

5. The gentleman who pays for Lyra's items at the food stall offers her something she refuses. What does he offer her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some of the conversation that takes place at Mrs. Coulter's cocktail party.

2. Describe what can be seen in the darker reproductions of the slides Lord Asriel shows the Scholars in the Retiring Room.

3. On the boat ride, what does Tony tell Lyra about armored bears?

4. Describe Jordan College.

5. Describe Lyra's attempts to read the alethiometer in Chapter 9, particularly regarding Mr. de Ruyter, head of espionage.

6. Describe the games Lyra plays with her friend Roger.

7. Why is Lyra excited about leaving the college and going with Mrs. Coulter?

8. When Pan swims with dolphins, what does Lyra's new friend, Jerry the seaman, tell her about daemons finally settling?

9. While Lyra and Roger explore underground passages at Jordan College, they enter a crypt. What do they find there?

10. How does Mrs. Coulter react when Lyra first mentions Dust to her while making a comparison to electron particles?

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