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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of building is featured within the title of Chapter 15?
2. Whose beauty stuns Malcolm when he meets her within Chapter 14?
3. Who detects the presence of Malcolm and his companions inside the cellar?
4. The light from what source betrays the location of Malcolm and his companions when they are hiding in the cellar?
5. Who is Gerard Bonneville?
Short Essay Questions
1. From whom does Malcolm learn that someone has approached the priory, pretending to be Lyra's father?
2. For what type of audience is the novel Book of Dust intended?
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. What change in Malcolm's character is depicted within Chapters 16-20 of the text?
6. In what way does Pullman demonstrate Malcolm's capacity to be deceived himself?
7. For what reason is Malcolm unable to get to his feet at the start of Chapter 20?
8. What object does Hannah see outside her home to cause her panic?
9. Describe the men who succeed in taking Lyra from Malcolm and Alice.
10. What event causes Malcolm to decide that the man with the hyena daemon must be insane?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the reasons why Philip Pullman's novel Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage uses a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is the author's intended effect on the reader?
Essay Topic 2
How is the topic of courage treated within Philip Pullman's novel Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Philip Pullman's novel Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage and one of the novel's main messages. How does the author make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across one main message of the novel?
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