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

2. When Lyra's hood is removed by her kidnappers, who addresses her?
(a) A Gobbler threatens her.
(b) A man speaking broken English asks her name.
(c) A woman with a cackling voice laughs at her.
(d) Mrs. Coulter talks to her disapprovingly.

3. As the children escape from the compound, they see
(a) Lee Scoresby deflating Mrs. Coulter's zeppelin.
(b) Lee Scoresby dropping sacks of sand on the Tartars.
(c) The Tartars taking Lyra away.
(d) Mrs. Coulter sending a witch after Lyra.

4. After Tony dies, Lyra discovers that his fish had been taken by
(a) A Gyptian to feed his dogs.
(b) A child to feed his younger siblings.
(c) A Tartar to feed his sick friend.
(d) A polar bear to feed her cubs.

5. At Lord Asriel's elegant home, Roger is sent to bed while Lyra is
(a) Given dessert.
(b) Told to meet with Lord Asriel.
(c) Questioned thoroughly about her alethiometer.
(d) Asked to help prepare dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. While pursuing Lord Asriel, Lyra and Iorek reach a bridge where they are forced to

2. When the children escape the compound, how do they attack the Tartar guards?

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

4. When Lyra is taken to the canteen at the Bolvangar, whom does she see?

5. When Lyra and friends sneak off during a fire drill at Bolvangar, what do they find?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the battle that interrupts Lyra, Iorek, and the other bears as they chase after the tracks made by Lord Asriel's sledge.

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

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

4. After Lyra and Roger go to Lord Asriel's residence in the North, what does Roger say to Lyra about the man?

5. Why does Iorek take Lyra to the village near the Bolvangar?

6. 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?

7. What does Serafina say when Lyra asks her if she loved Farder Coram?

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

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

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

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