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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. Serafina tells Lyra that she is in love with whom?
(a) Iorek Birnbaum.
(b) Farder Coram.
(c) Lee Scoresby.
(d) Lord Asriel.

2. At the Bolvangar, Billy Costa tells Lyra about a hiding place in the
(a) Ceiling.
(b) Closet.
(c) Basement.
(d) Pantry.

3. After waking up and finding that Lord Asriel is gone, Lyra and a group of bears take off to
(a) Find her daemon.
(b) Rescue Roger.
(c) Retrieve her alethiometer.
(d) Rescue Iorek.

4. After being awakened by Thorold at Lord Asriel's house, Lyra learns that Asriel has taken
(a) Roger.
(b) Her alethiometer.
(c) Iorek.
(d) Her daemon.

5. Lord Asriel tells Lyra that the Magisterium decided that Dust was the result of what?
(a) Sorcery and witchcraft.
(b) An experiment gone haywire.
(c) Original sin.
(d) Colliding magnetic fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iofur do after noticing Iorek's injury suffered in battle?

2. When Lyra is captured in battle and a hood is placed over her head, her daemon serves as her eyes. What does he tell her that he sees?

3. When Lyra is kidnapped and taken to the Bolvangar, who does she tell everyone she is?

4. Mrs. Coulter thinks she is opening a tin containing the alethiometer, but instead, the spy-fly comes out and attacks

5. At the Bolvangar, how do Lyra and her friend exchange information without getting caught?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. When Lyra is imprisoned by the armored bears, she reads her alethiometer with help from Pan, who transforms himself into a firefly. What information does the alethiometer reveal?

10. 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?

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