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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. The person or persons who tell Malcolm about Gerard Bonneville's past reputation say that he has been known to do what?
2. When Malcolm first hears the sound of a vehicle behind the canoe, to what does he attribute the sound?
3. To what location does Malcolm go at the start of Chapter 15?
4. In Chapter 17, Hannah is NOT worried that which person may be dead?
5. How many rowers question Malcolm and the others as they hide inside the pharmacy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the men who succeed in taking Lyra from Malcolm and Alice.
2. Give one example of a literary device Pullman uses within Chapters 11 through 15.
3. What object does Hannah see outside her home to cause her panic?
4. In what way is Asta, Malcolm's daemon, shown to have a mind of her own, separate from Malcolm's?
5. In what way does Malcolm's experience working at The Trout Inn help him in his endeavor to escape Gerard?
6. Who shows up at the priory, falsely claiming to be Lyra's father?
7. What change in Malcolm's character is depicted within Chapters 16-20 of the text?
8. In what way is the theme of altruism depicted within the scene of the return of La Belle Sauvage?
9. What does Andrew do in Chapter 20 to anger Malcolm?
10. Describe how Pullman uses a simile within Chapters 16-20 and for what purpose.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Philip Pullman's novel Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of the doppleganger, as it is depicted within the novel Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage.
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