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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lyra suggest they do in order to get the alethiometer back?
(a) Steal it
(b) Use the window to get into Sir Charles' bedroom
(c) Go to Dr. Malone for help
(d) Go to the police

2. When Will rescues the cat, what does Lyra think it is for a brief moment?
(a) A Specter
(b) Will's daemon
(c) A ghost
(d) A zombie

3. What does Will stop and buy?
(a) A disposable cell phone
(b) A camera to capture anything important
(c) Some gum
(d) Supplies so he will look like he is on a school project

4. What does the word "Yambe-Adda" mean?
(a) There is no life in me
(b) The goddess of death
(c) I left the coffee pot on
(d) I give myself to death

5. Why does Sarafina not want to use the spell which makes her invisible?
(a) It can hurt her daemon
(b) It will leave her exhauseted
(c) It draws ghosts to use it
(d) It can kill a witch

6. What does Will's father say he found in the "weather balloon" owned by the physicist Nelson?
(a) Dynamite
(b) Guns
(c) Camcorders
(d) Radiation suit

7. What does Lee find out Stanislaus Grumman had done as part of his initiation into the Tartar clan?
(a) Skull drilled
(b) Ear pierced
(c) Back tattooed
(d) Head shaved

8. Who arrives and gives Lyra a ride, calling her 'Lizzie'?
(a) Sir Charles
(b) Will
(c) Dr. Malone
(d) Lord Asriel

9. What does Lyra tell Will she has come looking for?
(a) Dust
(b) A green leather case
(c) Alethiometer
(d) Subtle Knife

10. What does Will begin looking for when he goes back to his empty house?
(a) Golden Compass
(b) Subtle Knife
(c) Thing one and Thing two
(d) Green leather writing case

11. Which is NOT an attribute of the strange fog that rolls in as it is described in chapter six?
(a) Voices come from the fog
(b) It causes people to fall asleep
(c) Forms could be vaguely seen
(d) Occasionally there is strange light coming from it

12. What is significant about the year that Will's father went missing?
(a) It is the year that Will's mother went nuts
(b) It is the year Will was born
(c) It is the year that the Church began exploring
(d) It is the year that Dust appeared

13. What does Lyra explain that the Church people in her world believe Dust to be?
(a) Allergy nightmares
(b) A person's soul
(c) Original sin
(d) Demon possession

14. What does Lyra tell Will to do to Sir Charles?
(a) Rip his fingers off
(b) Tear him into pieces
(c) Find him
(d) Kill him

15. Who does Dr. Lanselius tell Serafina to go and talk to that might have answers about Lord Asriel?
(a) Mrs. Coulter
(b) Thorold
(c) Lyra
(d) Lord Asriel's brother

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Serafina give to Lee Scoresby so that he can call her wherever he is?

2. What does Hester tell Lee to take after the Skraeling is dead?

3. What does Sir Charles say that he can come up with easily to prove the alethiometer is his?

4. What does Will do when Lyra takes some clothing from an empty clothing store in Cittàgazze?

5. When Will is forced to flee his home where does he travel to in order to find answers to his questions?

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