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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. What is inside the package wrapped in black velvet that the Master gives Lyra?
(a) Barometer.
(b) Alethiometer.
(c) Intervalometer.
(d) Thermometer.

2. In Chapter 6, the reader learns that when a daemon is hurt, its master feels
(a) Guilt.
(b) Pain.
(c) Rage.
(d) Nothing.

3. Lyra tells Iorek that the armor can be found where?
(a) Trunk owned by Mrs. Coulter.
(b) Basement of the priest's house.
(c) Shed owned by the Oblation Board.
(d) Library of the theology museum.

4. When Lyra's daemon tires of living in luxury with Mrs. Coulter, he tries to convince Lyra to
(a) Pretend she is sick.
(b) Break expensive items.
(c) Run away.
(d) Behave poorly.

5. Dr. Broken Arrow is a Skraeling who mapped what?
(a) Sand dunes.
(b) Wind patterns.
(c) Ocean currents.
(d) Iceberg locations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lyra learns from Gyptian leaders that in order to use her alethiometer, she needs to do what?

2. On the side of the golden compass, what does Lyra find?

3. After running away from Mrs. Coulter, Lyra wanders through London before stopping at a stall to buy what?

4. When Lyra is hiding with the Gyptians and uses the alethiometer in an attempt to see what Mrs. Coulter is doing, one of the symbols the needle stops at is the

5. What does Lyra call her daemon affectionately?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Lyra's encounter with a giant gray goose while she is on the deck of the ship looking at the Aurora.

4. What is the Bolvangar?

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

6. How does Lord Asriel convey power, one of the book's central themes?

7. While Lyra travels on the narrow boat with the Gyptians, what type of work does she do for Ma Costa and the others?

8. Describe some of the objects Lyra is shown at the library of the Royal Arctic Institute.

9. 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?

10. Lyra feels at home with the Gyptians and begins talking like them, but Ma tells her she is not Gyptian. Summarize the dialogue Lyra and Ma have on this matter.

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