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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will say will probably happen when he goes home?

2. What does Serafina tell the daemons they must do?

3. What does Mary suddenly realize is true about all living material?

4. What do Will and Lyra tell Mary that they are going out for?

5. How does Mary explain the woman that was in her dreams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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.

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