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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 tell his father that Will is not?

2. What does Mary realize is happening to the Dust?

3. What is the waterfall of Saint-Jean-Les-Eaux used for?

4. What does the old woman's ghost tell Mary before the ghost disappears?

5. What is the permanent shape that Pantalaimon takes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel are Lyra's parents.

1) Speculate on the reason that they were so willing to kill Lyra earlier in the series. What drove Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel?

2) What had changed at the end of the story Making them willing to sacrifice themselves for Lyra?

3) Did Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel love Lyra? Was this love typical of what a parents love should be? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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