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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coram and his daemon engage in a fight in Chapter 4 with a man who has what type of animal daemon?
(a) Lion.
(b) Jackal.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Hyena.

2. Whom does Eric hypothesize is responsible for the murdered man's death?
(a) The Believers.
(b) The Troglodytes.
(c) The Shiites.
(d) The Muscovites.

3. Chapter 10 is entitled Lord what?
(a) Nugent.
(b) Asriel.
(c) Eldridge.
(d) Sultan.

4. What is the ruling government called in the society depicted in the novel?
(a) Magisterium.
(b) Imaginarium.
(c) Alumininum.
(d) Nostromium.

5. Hannah tells Malcolm that which person is the mastermind behind the League of St. Alexander?
(a) Mrs. Coulter.
(b) Lord Asriel.
(c) Lyra.
(d) Hannah.

6. What amount of time does Lord Asriel get to spend with Lyra before he escapes?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) A few days.
(c) A few hours.
(d) A few minutes.

7. From whom does Malcolm learn the truth about the man by the river's cause of death?
(a) Eric.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Lyra.
(d) Mr. Taphouse.

8. Who does NOT find the guests' questions suspicious?
(a) Tanga.
(b) Malcolm's father.
(c) Malcolm's mother.
(d) Asta.

9. In what body part does Coram injure the animal daemon that is accompanying the man who engages Coram in a fight?
(a) The front leg.
(b) The rear leg.
(c) The right shoulder.
(d) The left shoulder.

10. How many men arrive at the priory and try to take Lyra away?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

11. Eric reports that his father had been unable to tell him about the murdered man being a spy due to the existence of what?
(a) The Patriot Act.
(b) The Official Secrets Act.
(c) The Curse of La Belle Sauvage.
(d) The Book of Dust.

12. What piece of information does Malcolm intentionally withhold from his parents about Hannah in Chapter 6?
(a) That he is spying for her.
(b) That she works at Oxford.
(c) Her last name.
(d) Her blood type.

13. To whom does Coram write a letter in Chapter 5?
(a) Gunnar.
(b) Lord Nugent.
(c) Axel.
(d) Malcolm.

14. What vehicle do Malcolm and Hannah use in order to communicate?
(a) Morse code.
(b) Recordings.
(c) Books.
(d) Smoke signals.

15. What staff member at Malcolm's school is fired in Chapter 10?
(a) The principal.
(b) The secretary.
(c) Malcolm's geography teacher.
(d) Malcolm's algebra teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 8 is entitled The League of which saint?

2. In what way is Lord Asriel related to Lyra?

3. On whose behalf is Dr. Hannah Relf working when she is studying the inner workings of the alethiometer?

4. Of what material is the gift made when Malcolm presents a gift to Lyra in Chapter 7?

5. How does George Papadimitriou feel about Hannah's recruitment of Malcolm?

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