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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevents Gerard from gaining entry to the building into which he is breaking?
(a) He sees Malcolm and flees.
(b) He slips and falls.
(c) The CCD take him away.
(d) The police arrest him.

2. The title of Chapter 11 refers to how many appendages?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

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

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

5. Who is said to be in charge at the priory?
(a) Mother Superior.
(b) Sister Flemma.
(c) Sister Benedicta.
(d) Sister Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Gerard Bonneville?

2. Who tells Malcolm that the hyena daemon is malicious, but that its accompanying man is likely to be safe?

3. Alice tells Malcolm that "a drop of" what liquid will quiet Lyra?

4. What type of animal daemon does Sister Finella have?

5. When George arrives to help Malcolm, Alice, and Lyra, to what kind of structure does he take them?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Pullman demonstrate Malcolm's capacity to be deceived himself?

2. What amount of time does Malcolm say it would normally take him to get to London in his canoe if the river were not flooded?

3. Describe the men who succeed in taking Lyra from Malcolm and Alice.

4. About what coming catastrophe does Coram warn Malcolm?

5. What object does Hannah see outside her home to cause her panic?

6. From whom does Malcolm learn that someone has approached the priory, pretending to be Lyra's father?

7. In what way is the theme of altruism depicted within the scene of the return of La Belle Sauvage?

8. What does Andrew do in Chapter 20 to anger Malcolm?

9. What action does Malcolm take in his response to Andrew angering him in Chapter 20?

10. In what way is Asta, Malcolm's daemon, shown to have a mind of her own, separate from Malcolm's?

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