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

2. After Iorek becomes king, Lyra consults her alethiometer and discovers that Mrs. Coulter is
(a) Plotting with the witches to recapture Lyra.
(b) Headed to Svalgard in a zeppelin that is armed with guns.
(c) Has captured Lee Scoresby and taken his hot air balloon.
(d) Burning down the Bolvangar to hide the evidence.

3. 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.

4. While pursuing Lord Asriel, Lyra and Iorek reach a bridge where they are forced to
(a) Retreat.
(b) Admit defeat.
(c) Consult the alethiometer.
(d) Separate.

5. When Lyra climbs into her hiding place in the ceiling of the Bolvangar, she can hear Mrs. Coulter and three men in a conference room discussing what?
(a) Escaped daemons.
(b) A kidnapped Lord Asriel.
(c) Runaway children.
(d) Imprisoned Gyptians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lord Asriel explains to Lyra that the name "Dust" was derived from a passage in the Bible reading

2. What are severed children?

3. When Lyra tries giving her alethiometer to Lord Asriel, he

4. After the battle between the two bears is over, Lyra is reunited with

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Summarize what Lyra overhears of the conversation about escaped daemons between Mrs. Coulter and the men in the conference room.

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

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

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

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