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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. After warning two groups of people, Malcolm has a dream about wild what?
(a) Horses.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Hyenas.

2. Alice and Lyra make it back to the canoe, while Malcolm stops to grab what object of Gerard's?
(a) His gun.
(b) His bag.
(c) His knife.
(d) His acorn.

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

4. For what reason is the priory not flooded "like everywhere else" (332)?
(a) It had been built on stilts.
(b) The property has French drains.
(c) It is protected by God.
(d) It is on a hill.

5. What two groups of people does Malcolm try to warn about the impending catastrophe in Chapter 14?
(a) The police and the CCD.
(b) His teachers and his classmates.
(c) The nuns and his teachers.
(d) The nuns and the union workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 20 is entitled "The" what "of Holy Obedience" (331)?

2. In Chapter 17, Hannah is NOT worried that which person may be dead?

3. Malcolm decides to set a course for Lord Asriel's home so that he can deliver which being to Lord Asriel?

4. When Malcolm first hears the sound of a vehicle behind the canoe, to what does he attribute the sound?

5. The title of Chapter 14 refers to a lady and to what animal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. About what coming catastrophe does Coram warn Malcolm?

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

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

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

7. What advice does Coram give to Malcolm about Gerard, the man with the hyena daemon?

8. Give one example of a literary device Pullman uses within Chapters 11 through 15.

9. In what way is the theme of appearance versus reality depicted within Chapters 16-20?

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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