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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will's father say he found in the "weather balloon" owned by the physicist Nelson?

2. Who arrives and gives Lyra a ride, calling her 'Lizzie'?

3. What does Charles hand Lyra when she turns to leave after looking at the trepanned skulls?

4. Who does Dr. Lanselius tell Serafina to go and talk to that might have answers about Lord Asriel?

5. What does the Cardinal suggest that Mrs. Coulter must have known about and not told them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in chapter eleven where Will asks Lyra to check on his mother.

2. In chapter six, what is Lee told is the reason for Stanislaus Grumman's bad luck?

3. What does Will explain in chapter thirteen is the reason that he thinks maybe the Specters came from his world?

4. In chapter seven when Lyra looses her temper, describe her reaction to Sir Charles.

5. What does Lyra do after Will has returned her alethiometer in chapter nine?

6. What is Will's response to the children that are attacking the cat?

7. Grumman explains to Lee why it is the Specters only attack adults. What is this explanation he gives in chapter fourteen?

8. In the second chapter what does Mrs. Coulter say about Lyra being her daughter?

9. What is wrong with Will when he first wakes up in chapter eleven?

10. Describe Lyra's reaction when she returns to Will in chapter seven after having discovered that her alethiometer is gone.

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