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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. What does Mary Malone tell the Mulefa that cause them to laugh?

2. What does Roger try but fail to do when he sees Lyra?

3. What does the man tell Lyra and Will is the name of the place they have traveled to?

4. What does Lyra find while she is arguing with Tialys?

5. What does Lyra tell Roger that she now believes is her destiny?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in Chapter 37 when Pan and Kirjava tells Lyra and Will that they must close up all the windows.

2. Although Mary Malone has always wanted to climb trees what is bothering her at the thought of doing it in the Chapter 20?

3. What is the dilemma that Will faces when he learns that he must destroy the knife in Chapter 37?

4. Describe the scene where Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel defeat Metatron.

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

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

7. Explain how Will breaks the knife in Chapter 38.

8. What does the angel tell Lord Asriel about the knife bearer before he dies?

9. What is the condition and frame of mind of the two Gallivespians as they ride on Lyra and Will's shoulder at the beginning of chapter twenty-nine?

10. What is the response of the Gallivespians when Will and Lyra tell them they are going to the world of the dead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the different quests that the characters in the book were on.

1) What was the ultimate quest of Will? Lyra?

2) Did any of the characters in the book truly know what their part in the story was from the beginning? Give examples.

3) Did the quests stay the same for the characters through the story? Explain. Did this add to the story or detract?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Coulter is Lyra's mother but they have a non traditional relationship. Explain the relationship between this mother and daughter pair as it appears in the first of the book. Explain how it is different at the end of the book. What events take place that cause these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel are Lyra's parents.

1) Speculate on the reason that they were so willing to kill Lyra earlier in the series. What drove Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel?

2) What had changed at the end of the story Making them willing to sacrifice themselves for Lyra?

3) Did Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel love Lyra? Was this love typical of what a parents love should be? Explain.

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