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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. How many rowers question Malcolm and the others as they hide inside the pharmacy?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. Andrew tells Malcolm that he thinks Malcolm has broken his what?
(a) His jaw.
(b) His ankle.
(c) His leg.
(d) His arm.

3. The light from what source betrays the location of Malcolm and his companions when they are hiding in the cellar?
(a) A torch.
(b) The moon.
(c) A candle.
(d) A fire in the fireplace.

4. The title of Chapter 13 includes a reference to what meaty substance?
(a) Salami.
(b) Meatballs.
(c) Goose liver pate.
(d) Bologna.

5. Andrew confesses to being a part of what organization?
(a) The Romulites.
(b) The CCD.
(c) The Exxonites.
(d) The League of St. Alexander.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 16 is entitled The what?

2. Alice diagnoses Sister Fenella with what malady?

3. Whose beauty stuns Malcolm when he meets her within Chapter 14?

4. When Malcolm is finally able to injure Gerard, what weapon does he use to do so?

5. About what topic do the witches have a prophecy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event causes Malcolm to decide that the man with the hyena daemon must be insane?

2. Who shows up at the priory, falsely claiming to be Lyra's father?

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

4. Describe how Pullman uses a simile within Chapters 16-20 and for what purpose.

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

6. About what coming catastrophe does Coram warn Malcolm?

7. What change in Malcolm's character is depicted within Chapters 16-20 of the text?

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

9. For what type of audience is the novel Book of Dust intended?

10. In what way does Malcolm's experience working at The Trout Inn help him in his endeavor to escape Gerard?

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