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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. How does Lyra feel about Mrs. Coulter being her mother?

2. Farder explains that one thing that makes witches unique is their

3. At the cocktail party hosted by Mrs. Coulter, Lyra hears a group of men say that the name for Dust is what?

4. What does Lyra call her daemon affectionately?

5. What do several Gyptians give to their leader prior to embarking on a rescue effort?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lyra learn about eating liver when she dines with Mrs. Coulter at the Royal Arctic Institute?

2. While Lyra and Roger explore underground passages at Jordan College, they enter a crypt. What do they find there?

3. How does Lyra feel after learning that Mrs. Coulter is her mother?

4. What is the Bolvangar?

5. What do John Faa and Farder Coram explain to Lyra about her parents?

6. In her hiding place in the Retiring Room, Lyra eventually falls asleep. What does Lord Asriel talk about with Lyra after he wakes her up?

7. After the Scholars enter the Retiring Room, what does Lyra overhear while she remains hidden in the wardrobe?

8. Describe what can be seen in the darker reproductions of the slides Lord Asriel shows the Scholars in the Retiring Room.

9. Describe Jordan College.

10. Why is Lyra excited about leaving the college and going with Mrs. Coulter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Explain what a daemon signifies to a person. What aspect of the person does his or her daemon represent? Why do you think the author chose, in most cases, to give a daemon the opposite gender of its person?

Essay Topic 3

1. Analyze the author's choice of an Arctic setting to magnify the severity of what is being done to the children and their daemons.

2. Compare and contrast Lyra's real world with what she glimpses in the portals to other dimensions.

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