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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Mr. Perkins tell Will that the money comes from every few months that Will and his mother receive?
(a) Will's mother is rich
(b) Trust fund
(c) The people that had been in charge of John Parry's last expedition
(d) Unknown origin

3. How does Lyra tell Will she got to the world her and Will are currently in in chapter three?
(a) A bridge her father made
(b) Sailed on a magic ship
(c) She took a bus
(d) A witch flew her there

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?
(a) Pick his pocket
(b) Show him the alethiometer
(c) Lie to him
(d) Show him Pantalaimon

5. What does Lyra feel the loss of the alethiometer has changed her into?
(a) A failure
(b) A lost little girl
(c) A ghast
(d) Someone who doesn't matter

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

7. What does Will do when Lyra takes some clothing from an empty clothing store in Cittàgazze?
(a) Leaves the owner an I.O.U.
(b) Puts his mother's credit card on the counter
(c) Puts Lyra's clothing in its place
(d) Leaves some money

8. What does Sarafina Pekkala see while traveling to Svalvard?
(a) A witch
(b) A witch's daemon
(c) Mrs. Coulter's ship
(d) A Ghast

9. At the beginning of chapter four who does Will call?
(a) Family lawyer
(b) His mother
(c) Family doctor
(d) Mrs. Cooper

10. What does Lyra show Dr. Malone in an attempt to get Dr. Malone to agree to let her use the cave?
(a) Alethiometer
(b) Her webbed toes
(c) Pantalaimon
(d) The window

11. What do the men ask Will's mother about when they come to see her?
(a) Wil's father
(b) Her money
(c) A golden compass
(d) A lost cat

12. Why does Lee explain he is looking for Stanislaus Grumman?
(a) Lee owes Stanislaus money
(b) Stanislaus took Lee's horse
(c) A witch sent him
(d) Stanislaus owes him money

13. 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?
(a) The northern lights
(b) The direction of the wind
(c) His Arctic fox daemon
(d) The migration of the elk

14. What does Lyra tell the police officers that she and Will are looking for?
(a) Police Station
(b) Mall
(c) Library
(d) Museum

15. What does Queen Ruta Skadi say that she is going to go do when the witch council is ended?
(a) Find Asriel
(b) Take a nap
(c) Hunt down the Magistrate
(d) Go to her clan and prepare for war

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will tell Lyra she will need before she goes to his Oxford?

2. What do the police ask Lyra about while in Dr. Malone's office that lets her know she is in trouble?

3. What does John tell his wife he will bring her at the end of his last letter?

4. What does Saraphina tell Thorold that she is going to go do?

5. What does John explain in his letter that Nelson's funding comes from?

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