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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. What does Will warn Lyra he will do if she threatens his hiding?
(a) Punch her
(b) Leave her on her own
(c) Kill her
(d) Eat her daemon

2. What does Sir Charles claim to be and is the reason he wants the alethiometer?
(a) A collector
(b) A truth seeker
(c) A magistrate for the Church
(d) A bitter old man

3. What is Lyra doing when she walks in to where she and Will are staying after his narrow escape from the police?
(a) Singing
(b) Skipping
(c) Laughing
(d) Crying

4. What does John tell his wife he will bring her at the end of his last letter?
(a) A jug of glacier water
(b) A souvenir from the spirit world
(c) A spirit of hir own
(d) A picture of the anomaly

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lyra explain that the Church people in her world believe Dust to be?

3. When Will is forced to flee his home where does he travel to in order to find answers to his questions?

4. Who does Umaq tell Lee to go ask about Stanislaus Grumman?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the dream that wakes Lyra in chapter three?

2. In chapter six what do the men at the bar tell Lee about the new world?

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

4. Why is Will angry when Lyra begins reading the alethiometer about his life and his father?

5. What information is Lyra able to relate to Dr. Malone in chapter four in regards to dust?

6. What is Dr. Malone told when she goes to the office late at night in chapter twelve and hooks herself up to the Cave?

7. What do the letters that John sent his wife, Will's mother, reveal?

8. What is it that makes Will first realize he has to protect his mother?

9. Describe Will's father as he is detailed in chapter one, "The Cat and the Hornbeam Trees".

10. What does Lee have dreams of while camping in the forest with Grumman in chapter fourteen?

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