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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. While Lyra hides with the Gyptians, what does Ma Costa recount to the girl about her father?
2. One of the pictures on the golden compass is of a what?
3. In Chapter 6, the reader learns that when a daemon is hurt, its master feels
4. At the institute library, Lyra is shown several items including a
5. To prove to the Scholars that Dr. Grumman is dead, what does Lord Asriel show them?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Lord Asriel's reaction when Lyra bolts out of the wardrobe in the Retiring Room.
2. Summarize the story Farder Coram tells about his encounter 40 years ago with a Lapland witch.
3. Why is Lyra excited about leaving the college and going with Mrs. Coulter?
4. Lyra feels at home with the Gyptians and begins talking like them, but Ma tells her she is not Gyptian. Summarize the dialogue Lyra and Ma have on this matter.
5. How does Lyra feel after learning that Mrs. Coulter is her mother?
6. Lord Asriel is describing to a group of Scholars the expedition he just took to the North. What were the goals of that expedition?
7. While Lyra and Roger explore underground passages at Jordan College, they enter a crypt. What do they find there?
8. Describe Lyra's encounter with a giant gray goose while she is on the deck of the ship looking at the Aurora.
9. Describe some of the objects Lyra is shown at the library of the Royal Arctic Institute.
10. What does Lyra learn about eating liver when she dines with Mrs. Coulter at the Royal Arctic Institute?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using examples from the book, explain how the author weaves the themes of power and betrayal into the story. What characters and episodes represent the misuse of power? How are people affected by this misuse? In each example, which characters try to rectify the situation? How? Do they succeed?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze how the war games Lyra plays with Roger and the other children early in the story prepare her for the challenges she later faces in real battle. Cite examples.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Lyra's biological mother, Mrs. Coulter, with her mother figure, Ma Costa. How does Lyra feel toward each woman? What motherly qualities does each have? What does Lyra learn from each woman? Which one would you say is the "true" mother? Why?
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