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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. Who faints in Chapter 15 while feeding baby Lyra?
(a) Sister Francine.
(b) Sister Fenella.
(c) Sister Marie.
(d) Sister Benedicta.

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

3. To whom does Malcolm report at the start of Chapter 11?
(a) Gunnar.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Lord Asriel.
(d) Axel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Coram warns Malcolm in Chapter 12 that what event will be catastrophic?

3. What two groups of people does Malcolm try to warn about the impending catastrophe in Chapter 14?

4. What part of the hyena daemon gets shot off during the fight between Malcolm and Gerard?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is the hyena daemon Malcolm sees different than any other daemon he has seen?

2. For what reason is Malcolm unable to get to his feet at the start of Chapter 20?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. In what way does the motif of violence enter the narrative within Chapter 12?

9. Discuss an example when Malcolm demonstrates a capacity for deception.

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

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