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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary say she can do when Atal asks if there is anything Mary can do to help?

2. Where do Specters come from according to Pantalaimon and Kijava?

3. What is happening which makes Roke's task even more dangerous?

4. What does Will tell his father that Will is not?

5. Who arrives suddenly while Will and Lyra are beginning to be attacked by the horsemen?

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

THE AMBER SPYGLASS is the third book in the series.

1) Is it necessary to have read the other books to understand this one?

2) What are some of the plots that are unanswered in the story?

3) Does it add or detract from the book to have a plot or subplot left open.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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