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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. What does the Lady say it will mean if she dies while going with Lyra to the world of the dead?
(a) She died doing something important
(b) She welcomed her death
(c) She wasn't afraid to face death
(d) She was following orders

2. What does Balthamos suddenly become aware of that causes him emotional pain?
(a) The rip of the fabric of the worlds
(b) The death of Baruch
(c) The movement of the church
(d) The arrival of Specters

3. What makes it hard to communicate with the ghosts?
(a) They talk all at once
(b) They only moan
(c) They can only whisper
(d) They don't speak english

4. What does the man in the suit tell them they will have to wait on before they continue traveling?
(a) Till they have been cleansed
(b) Till they have traveling papers
(c) Till death has visited the town and approved them
(d) They have to wait till they are dead

5. What does Lyra do when the Gallivespians tell her that they will force her to come with them?
(a) She agrees to go
(b) She tells them that she will not have anything to do with her father
(c) She laughs
(d) She cries

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that causes Father Gomez to find the window that Mary went through?

2. Why does Mrs. Coulter say that she is keeping Lyra drugged?

3. Why does Lyra not want to tell the Gallivespians where they are going?

4. What does Magda's death advise Will and Lyra to do?

5. What does King Ogunwe say that Lord Asriel is trying to create?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Mary and Atal as it is shown in Chapter 17.

2. Why does Serafin Pekkala break her arrow?

3. What does Mary tell Lyra and Will about why she quit being a nun?

4. What does the alethiometer say in Chapter 14 when Lyra asks it about the knife's intentions?

5. Describe the scene in Chapter 22 where the ghost children begin talking to Lyra and Will about their daemons.

6. What does Mrs. Coulter tell Will in Chapter 11 that she is trying to do for Lyra?

7. Describe the scene in which Ama asks Mrs. Coulter if she has an evil spirit with her.

8. In Chapter 20 what does Mary explain is happening that is causing the seed pods to dwindle in number?

9. What does the angel tell Lord Asriel about the Authority shortly before he dies?

10. Describe the feelings that Mary has from being in the tree tops as it is explained in chapter twenty-seven.

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