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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 children ghosts think when they see the Gallivespian's dragon flies?

2. What creature does Atal tell Mary spoke to the first of their kind and showed them how to use the seed pods?

3. What is Lord Roke's people's job to do in order to help Lord Asriel?

4. What does Mary tell Atal that Mary must do?

5. What does Mary spot about to attack the Mulefa?

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

3. Describe the scene in which Ama asks Mrs. Coulter if she has an evil spirit with her.

4. What does Mary realize that the matter is trying to do?

5. What does Roger explain to Lyra the Harpies do in chapter twenty-three?

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

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

8. What does Lee Scorseby and John Parry instruct Will to do in order to save Lyra?

9. What makes Tialys angry when Lyra is telling her and Will's story while in the Suburb of the death in Chapter 19?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Father Gomez appeared he was going to take a large part in the story.

1) Why did the author never allow Father Gomez to be seen by the children?

2) What was the significance of the angel killing Father Gomez? Why didn't he go and tell the children?

3) What did it give to the reader to see Father Gomez and his tracking of Lyra through Mary? Explain.

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