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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 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

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

3. 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 is helping Lyra's father
(c) That Mrs. Coulter is aiding the witches
(d) That Mrs. Coulter knew about the prophecy concerning Lyra

4. What does Lyra hear coming from the window that leads to Will's world?
(a) Radios
(b) Traffic
(c) Dogs
(d) Children playing

5. What does the alethiometer say when Lyra asks it what her dream means in chapter three?
(a) The head was never there
(b) No more pizza before bed time
(c) It is confusing
(d) It was a dream about a head

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens while Will is in the house that changes his plans?

4. What does Will say when Lyra apologizes for not having used the alethiometer to help him find his father?

5. What does Lyra tell Will to do to Sir Charles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the men at the observatory tell Lee that Stanislaus Grumman was studying and focused on in chapter six?

2. Why does Mrs. Coulter say that the Specters obey her?

3. What does Grumman explain might be the problem with trying to protect Lyra with the subtle knife?

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

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

6. In chapter nine, what does Lyra say about the cat's reaction to Mrs. Coulter's monkey daemon?

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

8. In chapter fifteen, describe the feelings that Will can't quite put into words when Lyra asks him why they should be finding Will's father.

9. Describe what happens between the specters and the grown ups as Angela describes it in chapter three.

10. What does Sir Charles explain he would like to do with one of the two bodyguards that Mrs. Coulter carries?

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