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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. When Lyra and Roger meet with Lord Asriel in his elegant home atop a high crag, what does Roger tell Lyra?

2. What are severed children?

3. When the alethiometer tells Lyra that there is a ghost in a village near the Bolvangar, she thinks the ghost may be that of a

4. After Tony dies, Lyra discovers that his fish had been taken by

5. When the kidnappers take Lyra to the Bolvangar, who pays them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Right before the battle between Iorek and Iofur, Lyra asks to meet and speak with Iorek. Why does she do this?

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

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

5. When Lyra and the Gyptians are attacked by surprise in the North, Lyra is abducted. Who takes her, and where do they go?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much to her surprise, Lyra learns that people have heard of her wherever she goes.

1. Summarize instances where people have heard of Lyra. What do they know about her? How do they react when they meet her face to face?

2. Explain how Lyra is the "chosen one" in Pullman's story. How does her destiny guide her path and shape the course of her life?

Essay Topic 2

Even though Lord Asriel is Lyra's father, Iorek serves as her father figure.

1. Compare and contrast Lord Asriel and Iorek.

2. Which one is more of a father to Lyra? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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