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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. Mrs. Coulter is a member of
(a) Dame Hannah's board.
(b) Dame Hannah's college.
(c) Dame Jasmine's college.
(d) Dame Jasmine's board.

2. While she is hiding in the Retiring Room, what does Lyra see the Master pour into the drink prepared for Lord Asriel?
(a) White powder.
(b) Green droplets.
(c) Red tablets.
(d) Clear liquid.

3. What do several Gyptians give to their leader prior to embarking on a rescue effort?
(a) Food.
(b) Gold.
(c) Wine.
(d) Swords.

4. What does Mrs. Coulter ask Lyra not to wear to the cocktail party she throws?
(a) Broken watch.
(b) Pearl necklace.
(c) White handbag.
(d) Black jacket.

5. Who is Adele Starminster?
(a) Scientist from Oxford.
(b) Journalist from Oxford.
(c) Musician from Cambridge.
(d) Professor from Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. While riding on the zeppelin with Mrs. Coulter, Lyra feels what?

2. When the Butler and the Master enter the Retiring Room, what does the Butler pour for Lord Asriel?

3. While they dine, what does Mrs. Coulter tell Lyra about bears' livers?

4. At the cocktail party that Mrs. Coulter hosts, Lyra hears that her parents were

5. While learning about electrons, Lyra tells Mrs. Coulter that these particles are

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Retiring Room?

2. How does Lyra feel after learning that Mrs. Coulter is her mother?

3. What does Lyra learn about eating liver when she dines with Mrs. Coulter at the Royal Arctic Institute?

4. Describe Lyra's and Lord Asriel's daemons.

5. In her hiding place in the Retiring Room, Lyra eventually falls asleep. What does Lord Asriel talk about with Lyra after he wakes her up?

6. What happens to the men who try to abduct Lyra after she and Pan run away from Mrs. Coulter? What happens to their daemons?

7. How does John Faa respond to the Gyptians when they want revenge against the Gobblers?

8. What is the Bolvangar?

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

10. Lord Asriel is describing to a group of Scholars the expedition he just took to the North. What were the goals of that expedition?

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