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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. After Lyra leaves her hiding place in the Retiring Room, what does Lord Asriel instruct her to do?
(a) Return to her hiding place and send her daemon out to deliver a message.
(b) Report to her daemon immediately.
(c) Report to the Master immediately.
(d) Return to her hiding place and watch the Master's actions.

2. The person who watches Tony Makarios eat his pie asks him if he wants what?
(a) Iced tea.
(b) Mints.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Chocolate.

3. Kaisa tells Farder Coram that
(a) The whereabouts of the children are unknown.
(b) Her mistress will not help him.
(c) The Oblation Board is planning a siege.
(d) Not all clans will assist his efforts.

4. When Lyra refuses Mrs. Coulter's request and insists on wearing the banned item to the cocktail party, what happens to her daemon?
(a) It goes crazy and attacks Mrs. Coulter.
(b) It gets pinned to the ground by Mrs. Coulter's daemon.
(c) It stomps off in anger.
(d) It unexpectedly grows weak and faints.

5. When Lyra makes a statement regarding electrons and Dust, Mrs. Coulter's daemon becomes what?
(a) Sleepy.
(b) Agitated.
(c) Delirious.
(d) Bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Colonel Carborne is the first man to do what?

2. In the Retiring Room, what is served after dinner to "clarify the mind and stimulate the tongue"?

3. What do several Gyptians give to their leader prior to embarking on a rescue effort?

4. One of the pictures on the golden compass is of a what?

5. When Mrs. Coulter asks Lyra where she learned about Dust, the girl lies, saying that she

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 3, children of the region are going missing. What is happening to them?

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. On the narrow boat, how do the Gyptians keep Lyra safe from the searching police?

10. Describe Farder Coram's daemon as seen through Lyra's eyes.

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