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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lyra surprised to see that Will doesn't have?
(a) Dust
(b) Coat
(c) Daemon
(d) Money

2. What does Lyra's daemon, Pantalaimon, do that shocks Will for a moment?
(a) Shape shifts
(b) Bites him
(c) Speaks
(d) Micheal Jackson's thriller dance

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

4. What does Lyra tell Will would happen to the alethiometer if she began using it to spy on people for her enjoyment?
(a) It would make her ill
(b) It would charge admission
(c) It would begin reading false
(d) It would stop working

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

6. Who does Umaq tell Lee to go ask about Stanislaus Grumman?
(a) The witch Stanislaus turned down
(b) The church
(c) The spirits
(d) The Tartar tribe that he belonged to

7. What does Will's father discover the Eskimo's call the anomaly that John and the others are looking for?
(a) Passage to manhood
(b) Door to the spirit world
(c) Gateway to heaven
(d) Door to the other side

8. What does the alethiometer say when Lyra asks it what her dream means in chapter three?
(a) The head was never there
(b) It was a dream about a head
(c) It is confusing
(d) No more pizza before bed time

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

10. What does Lyra do after Sir Charles locks away the alethiometer?
(a) Stomps on his foot
(b) Kicks over a chair
(c) Breaks a window
(d) Spits in his face

11. What does Lyra hear coming from the window that leads to Will's world?
(a) Dogs
(b) Radios
(c) Traffic
(d) Children playing

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

13. While Will stands trying to decide what to do while in Oxford what does he see that catches his attentions?
(a) Dust
(b) A dog
(c) A cat
(d) A golden compass

14. What does Thorold tell Serafina that he believes Lord Asriel is attempting to do?
(a) Destroy the Authority
(b) Prove that angels exists
(c) Destroy the church
(d) Save Lyra

15. What does Mrs. Coulter do to the witch when the witch refuses to tell her anything about Lyra?
(a) Breaks the witch's fingers one at a time
(b) Pulls out the witch's finger nails
(c) Gouges out the witch's eyes
(d) Forces the witch to watch Bradey Bunch reruns

Short Answer Questions

1. When the young witch, Juta Kamainen, comes to Serafina what does she say about Stanislaus Grumman?

2. What does Will warn Lyra he will do if she threatens his hiding?

3. What is one of the ways the Tartar that Lee hires to drive him to the observatory able to make his way through the dense fog without getting lost?

4. When Lyra asks the alethiometer where to find a Scholar to ask about the dust, what does the alethiometer tell her to be sure not to do when she speaks with the Scholar?

5. What does Lyra check on to make sure it isn't broken after she is struck by the car?

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