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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Metatron intend to do to get Lyra and Will to side with him?

2. What does Mary say she believes the roads were made from?

3. What does Xaphania say it was that allowed Lyra to read the compass?

4. What does Mrs. Coulter see the angels carrying?

5. Who does Mrs. Coulter demand to see when she arrives at the College of St. Jerome?

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

Love seems to play a large role in the story.

1) How would the story have been different if there had been no love themes introduced?

2) What characters in the story other than Lyra and Will have a love theme surrounding them? Explain.

3) What was meant by 'love is ferocious'? Is this true? Explain?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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