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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old man show Will as proof that Will is to be the new bearer of the knife?
(a) He and Will are missing the same fingers
(b) He and Will have the same name
(c) Will is carrying a letter about the knife from his father
(d) He and Will share the same birthmark

2. What does Serafina reply when Ruta Skadi asks if she has looked into Will's eyes?
(a) She is afraid to
(b) She hasn't dared
(c) She has been unable to do so
(d) She knows already what is there

3. Who arrives with Sir Charles while Lyra is acting as look out for Will?
(a) Serafina
(b) Lord Asreil
(c) Lee
(d) Mrs. Coulter

4. What does Grumman say that the name the Tartars call him by translates to?
(a) Death walking
(b) One who was found
(c) John Parry
(d) Destiny

5. What does Will ask Pantalaimon after Lyra has gone to sleep?
(a) If he will die
(b) To take a message back to his mother if he dies
(c) If Pantalaimon is scared
(d) How much further it is to his father

6. What does Serafina give Will to eat before he has breakfast?
(a) Leaves
(b) Roots
(c) Wine
(d) Bugs

7. What does illness does the tribesman say that Grumman has?
(a) Brain Fever
(b) Breathing sickness
(c) Heart sickness
(d) Cancer

8. What does Serafina do when they begin the spell to heal Will's hand?
(a) Sings
(b) Does a forgotten dance
(c) Makes a potion
(d) Makes Will part of their clan

9. What does Lee tell Grumman that he had set out to find Grumman for?
(a) As a favor to the witches
(b) Lyra's protection
(c) To help save the world
(d) To stop the Specters

10. What does Mrs. Coulter say that Lord Asriel is up to?
(a) Finding the knife
(b) Gathering an army
(c) Working on finding large quantities of dust
(d) Finding Lyra

11. What does Paolo yell at Lyra after the Specters have attacked Tullio?
(a) They they hate her
(b) They pray to the gods to curse her
(c) That they are going to kill her
(d) She had better watch her back

12. What does the Dust tell Dr. Malone that she must take the role of?
(a) Disciple
(b) Martyr
(c) Serpent
(d) Angel

13. Why does Grumman speculate that the troops waited until daylight to set the forest on fire?
(a) They want to catch them alive
(b) They were afraid of hurting neighboring villages
(c) They just thought of it
(d) They had to wait on the explosives

14. What does Lee see suddenly coming up behind the Zeppelins?
(a) War ships
(b) Angels
(c) A storm cloud
(d) Witches

15. What does Lyra suspect that Angela and her brothers wanted the knife for?
(a) To be able to grow up without fear
(b) To wage war on the Specters
(c) To free their parents
(d) To make really good toast

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the witches set off to help Lyra and Will do?

2. What does Grumman have in his hand that he says brought him to this world?

3. What happens to the first Zeppelin that makes it go down in flames?

4. What does Dr. Malone decide she can do if it turns out that she has done something very wrong?

5. What does Ruta Skadi tell the other witches that Lord Asreil has asked the witches?

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