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

2. As Lyra and the bears hurry along on their mission, they are stopped first by witches and then by
(a) Mrs. Coulter's zeppelin firing upon them.
(b) Lord Asriel and his powerful army.
(c) Tartar soldiers and their warrior daemons.
(d) Gyptian fighters who try to take Lyra back.

3. After the bears capture Lyra, they throw her into a
(a) Dark cell.
(b) Narrow crevice.
(c) Deep canyon.
(d) Slippery pit.

4. What does Lyra place in Tony's mouth before his body is cremated?
(a) Note she wrote.
(b) Gold coin.
(c) Licorice piece.
(d) Pouch of poppy seeds.

5. What does Lyra learn about the ages of witches?
(a) Nobody keeps track of a witch's age.
(b) A human year is equivalent to ten witch years.
(c) They never die.
(d) They live hundreds of years.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the canteen in the Bolvangar, Lyra drops a handkerchief when passing by her friend and manages to convey to him that they

2. How do the bears, accompanied by Lyra, fight against their attackers in Chapter 22?

3. After waking up and finding that Lord Asriel is gone, Lyra and a group of bears take off to

4. What are severed children?

5. 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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Lyra and Mrs. Coulter are reunited at the Bolvangar, what does the woman tell the girl about Dust?

2. When Lyra consults her alethiometer under the insistence of John Faa to learn more about the Bolvangar, what details does she reveal?

3. When Lyra is with Mrs. Coulter at the Bolvangar, she realizes she is safe only as long as she pretends to know very little of what is actually going on. What does Lyra tell Coulter to throw her off track?

4. Lyra is traveling in Scoresby's balloon. When Lyra asks Serafina about the future of Lord Asriel, what does the witch, who is flying next to the balloon, explain?

5. As children line up to get hot drinks at the canteen at the Bolvangar, what does Lyra reveal to them about her escape plan?

6. What is the outcome of the battle between Iorek and Iofur?

7. In what ways is the Bolvangar similar to a school?

8. When Thorold wakes up Lyra at Lord Asriel's residence in the North, he is concerned. What does he tell her?

9. At the Bolvangar, how does Lyra contact Roger without attracting attention?

10. While Lyra is imprisoned in the armored bears' palace, what does she learn about the king bear from a fellow prisoner?

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