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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Malcolm and Hannah discuss the alethiometer in Chapter 11, what do they agree can have multiple meanings?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Signals.
(c) Communications.
(d) Signs.

2. What method is tried upon the woman who faints while feeding Lyra in Chapter 15?
(a) Electric shock.
(b) Smelling salts.
(c) Cold water to the face.
(d) A slap.

3. In what phase is the moon at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) Nearly full.
(b) New.
(c) Full.
(d) Quarter.

4. Malcolm sees a ring that he associates with which character in Chapter 16?
(a) Axel.
(b) Gerard.
(c) Lord Asriel.
(d) Gunnar.

5. When Malcolm first hears the sound of a vehicle behind the canoe, to what does he attribute the sound?
(a) Katydids.
(b) Flies.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Gnats.

6. In what way is Doris related to Andrew?
(a) She is his mother.
(b) She is his daemon.
(c) She is his aunt.
(d) She is his sister.

7. Whose beauty stuns Malcolm when he meets her within Chapter 14?
(a) Mrs. Rand.
(b) Mrs. Papadimitriou.
(c) Mrs. Coulter.
(d) Hannah.

8. In what manner is Gerard trying to sneak into a building when Malcolm and Asta witness Gerard's attempt?
(a) Through the chimney.
(b) Through the door.
(c) Through the window.
(d) Into the cellar.

9. Who detects the presence of Malcolm and his companions inside the cellar?
(a) Gunnar.
(b) Gerard.
(c) Axel.
(d) Lord Nugent.

10. To what location does Malcolm go at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) The priory.
(b) The riverbank.
(c) The potting shed.
(d) The carpenter's workshop.

11. Chapter 16 is entitled The what?
(a) Compound.
(b) Product.
(c) Combine.
(d) Pharmacy.

12. Who is Gerard Bonneville?
(a) The town banker.
(b) Malcolm's uncle.
(c) The carpenter at the priory.
(d) The man with the evil hyena daemon.

13. When the vehicle following Malcolm, Alice, and Lyra falls back, Malcolm is so relieved that he takes what action?
(a) He screams.
(b) He vomits.
(c) He cries.
(d) He faints.

14. The title of Chapter 14 refers to a lady and to what animal?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A lemur.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A swallow.

15. Alice diagnoses Sister Fenella with what malady?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which organization is the one hunting for infant Lyra?

2. What are the men who take Lyra said to be wearing?

3. What gesture does the man with the hyena daemon make toward Malcolm late in Chapter 11?

4. What is the title of Chapter 19 of Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage?

5. In what way is the hyena daemon unlike any other Malcolm has seen?

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