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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 do the ghost children say is something that no one ever forgets?

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

3. Who does Ama go to in order to try and help Mrs. Coulter's daughter?

4. Who does Mrs. Coulter look like to Will causing him to drop the knife?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the scene that happens between Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel in the end of chapter twenty-eight.

2. Describe the scene in Chapter 21 when Lyra has to leave Pantalaimon behind on the shore.

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

4. What does Will explain is the difference in him having to take care of his mother and someone else taking care of her?

5. In chapter twenty-five what does Mrs. Coulter tell the young man that is supposed to be watching her as she begins to get out of the gyropter?

6. What does Tialys say when Lee and John ask him if he will live long enough to see the world again?

7. What do Will and Lyra decide to do once a year in order to feel that they are still close to each other?

8. How does Asriel describe the cloud mountain seen in chapter twenty-eight?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Global Warming was tied into the story with Iorek and his clan forced to move to find a different home.

1) Why did the author put this factor into the story? What impression does it give the reader?

2) How would the story have been different if there had been no mention of the global warming?

3) What other aspects of the book tie to things currently happening in the world? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

When Mary and Will return to their world she tells him that she will look after him and help him if she can.

1) Was it necessary that Will have Mary? Explain.

2) How would Will's return to his world have been different without her?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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