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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Will ask Mrs. Cooper to do for him?
(a) Watch his mother
(b) Come clean his house
(c) Hide him
(d) Fix him some soup

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

4. What form does Pantalaimon take that scares the children of Cittagazze away?
(a) Lion
(b) Elephant
(c) Tiger
(d) Leopard

5. What does Serafina say she can feel from the spectral forms?
(a) Love
(b) Despair
(c) Malice
(d) Fear

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

7. What does Lyra see on top of the tower after the children have fled in Cittagazze?
(a) A young man
(b) A witch
(c) A young woman
(d) An owl

8. What does Charles hand Lyra when she turns to leave after looking at the trepanned skulls?
(a) A kitten
(b) A book about trepanned skulls
(c) A piece of gum
(d) His name and address

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

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

11. What do the police ask Lyra about while in Dr. Malone's office that lets her know she is in trouble?
(a) Dark Matter
(b) Windown
(c) Dust
(d) Will

12. What does Will notice is missing in regards to his father that cause him to wonder about the stories his mother tells?
(a) No souvenirs
(b) No pictures or proof
(c) No postcards
(d) No phone calls

13. What does Will see briefly on Sir Charles after Lyra has spit in his face?
(a) A bunny
(b) A green snake
(c) A gray moth
(d) A cricket

14. What does Angelica tell Lyra and Will it is that has made the grown ups leave?
(a) Members of the church
(b) Specter
(c) A religious holiday
(d) Witches

15. 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 stop working
(b) It would begin reading false
(c) It would make her ill
(d) It would charge admission

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will begin looking for when he goes back to his empty house?

2. What does Will's father discover the Eskimo's call the anomaly that John and the others are looking for?

3. What does Lyra tell Will she has come looking for?

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

5. When Will rescues the cat, what does Lyra think it is for a brief moment?

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