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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When Will is forced to flee his home where does he travel to in order to find answers to his questions?
(a) His uncle's house
(b) Cittàgazze
(c) Oxford
(d) To find Lyra

5. What does Sam Cansino tell Lee that Stanislaus Grumman's daemon was?
(a) A black eagle with a white head and breast
(b) A tawny mountain lion
(c) A calico colored cat
(d) A fish

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

7. Where does Mr. Perkins tell Will that his father, John Parry, was when he went missing?
(a) Alaska
(b) Australia
(c) Africa
(d) Antartica

8. What does the Cardinal suggest that Mrs. Coulter must have known about and not told them?
(a) That Mrs. Coulter is hiding Lyra
(b) That Mrs. Coulter knew about the prophecy concerning Lyra
(c) That Mrs. Coulter is helping Lyra's father
(d) That Mrs. Coulter is aiding the witches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "Yambe-Adda" mean?

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

3. Who does Will see going into the lawyer's office just as Will decides he might need to go in there?

4. What does the man tell Serafina that he has seen when she asks if he has seen Lyra?

5. At the beginning of chapter four who does Will call?

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