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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 Iorek do when he comes upon Lee's body?

2. What does Lyra and Will tell the Gallivespians that they must do before they go to Lord Asriel?

3. When Lyra begins to stir whose name does she say?

4. What do they see along the road that Tialys says they should kill?

5. What does the alethiometer tell Lyra to follow in order to find the land of the dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are the bears looking for a new home as it is described in Chapter 9?

3. Describe the feeling that Will has while Lyra is calling for Pan?

4. What does Mary think will happen if the Dust is gone as described in Chapter 34?

5. Describe the meeting between Mary and the Mulefa in Chapter 7.

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

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

8. 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?

9. What does Iorek tell Lyra happened when he and Will met and what it meant for Iorek as he tells it in Chapter 15?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the angels.

1) How are the angels in the story different from how angels are normally depicted.

2) Could a different creature have been substituted for the angels and created the same reaction from the reader? Explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Will and Lyra had shared many things.

1) Did it add anything to the story to know that Will and Lyra were both witches? Explain the importance of this information.

2) Why did Lyra and Will have to part at the end of the story?

3) Is it possible that they are ever able to find a way to be together? Explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

There is a lot of reference to the Bible in the story.

1) Why did the author choose to focus on the bible as a basis for his story line?

2) How does it change the story to have it based on the Bible theme? How would it have been different if there had been no mention of Eve, God or Enoch?

3) Does the book seem to aim the reader at an anti-God feeling? Explain.

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