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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. At the Bolvangar, when Mrs. Coulter asks Lyra about the girl's disappearance in London, what story does Lyra fabricate?
(a) The police kidnapped and imprisoned her for weeks.
(b) Lord Asriel told her she was in danger and then took her away.
(c) The last thing she remembers was falling into a canal.
(d) A couple took her, and then Gobblers captured her.

2. When the kidnappers take Lyra to the Bolvangar, who pays them?
(a) Mrs. Coulter.
(b) Lord Asriel.
(c) A man who appears to be a Scholar.
(d) A nurse named Sister Clara.

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

4. After consulting her alethiometer while imprisoned by the bears, Lyra learns that someone is coming to rescue her. Who?
(a) Iorek.
(b) Lord Asriel.
(c) Mrs. Coulter.
(d) Serafina.

5. Lyra is able to answer all of the bear king's difficult questions by consulting
(a) Her daemon.
(b) The alethiometer.
(c) The witches.
(d) Her friend Iorek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lyra place in Tony's mouth before his body is cremated?

2. When Lyra's hood is removed by her kidnappers, who addresses her?

3. When Lyra and Roger meet with Lord Asriel in his elegant home atop a high crag, what does Roger tell Lyra?

4. Lyra meets three girls at the Bolvangar who tell her that when a child is taken, that child

5. Lee Scoresby explains to Lyra that to get to Svalbard, one would need a

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Describe the prison where Lord Asriel is kept in the North.

5. What happens after Lyra learns that Tony Makarios, the daemonless child she retrieves, is dead?

6. When Lyra and the Gyptians are attacked by surprise in the North, Lyra is abducted. Who takes her, and where do they go?

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

8. Which characters serve as Lyra's motherly and fatherly figures?

9. At the Bolvangar, what do the three girls who wake Lyra up tell her about what goes on there?

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

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