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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 effect does Dr. Malone have on the Specters?

2. What is the response of the Gallivespian spies when they find that Lyra and Will don't intend to wait for Lord Asriel's transport for them?

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

4. What does Tialys tell Will that they must do?

5. What does Will do to stop the fight between the bears and the towns people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Tialys tells Will and Lyra he hears horses and they should hide themselves?

2. What happens at the end of Chapter 16 after Mrs. Coulter is shown the intention craft?

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

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

5. What does Mary say about missing God?

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

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

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

9. What does Sattamax tell Mary that they need her help with?

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

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

Father Gomez didn't want to hurt Will.

1) Explain why he was alright with hurting Lyra but not Will.

2) What did it reveal to the reader about Father Gomez that he had been asking forgiveness for killing Lyra long before he had done it so that he would be absolved of the sin?

Essay Topic 3

1) Dust, Shadows and Sraf are all the same thing. Explain the difference between Dust and the angels.

2) Angels were said to have worked Mary Malones machine. Was her machine worked by the same thing as the alethiometer? Explain.

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