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

2. What does Balthamos suddenly become aware of that causes him emotional pain?

3. What does Will sit down to do while Lyra and Roger talk?

4. What does Lyra tell Roger that Ma Costa said Lyra had in her soul?

5. What does Mary make in order to put the ropes over the branches in the high trees?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mary shows Serafina the amber spyglass and Serafina sees the Dust how does Mary explain how it happened to settle on Will and Lyra?

2. What does Will tell Lyra when she is worried that she has lost the ability to lie, the only thing she feels she is good at?

3. What are Will and Lyra's reaction when they first see what it was that the ghasts were attacking?

4. What do Will and Mary decide when they talk about the possibility of getting married when they get older?

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

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

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

8. What happens in Chapter 12 when Will is trying to get Lyra to wake up?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Why did Tialys and the Lady decide not to talk about the fact that they were dying?

2) In what way was death portrayed in the book? Did it change the perception of death to have it suddenly arrive as a person that is kind?

3) What did Will mean when he said if he killed the frog they would be taking it with them?

Essay Topic 2

1) Why was it Will and Lyra that suddenly changed the flow of the Dust?

2) Explain why no one else could have changed the flow of the Dust or could they have?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the knife. Why was the thought of Will's mother and eventually the thought of Lyra enough to break the knife? When Iorek had said that the knife might have intentions of it's own was he right? Did the knife have a consciousness? Explain.

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