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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. How does Will know Mrs. Cooper?
(a) She had been a friend of his mother's
(b) She was his piano teacher
(c) She used to babysit Wil
(d) She used to sell him fresh fruit

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

3. What does Dr. Malone call her computer that she uses to communicate with the Shadows?
(a) The Phone
(b) The Cave
(c) Smoke Signals
(d) The Brain

4. What does Will say when Lyra apologizes for not having used the alethiometer to help him find his father?
(a) He comforts her
(b) He tells her that he is ashamed of his behavior also
(c) He laughs
(d) He doesn't care if she is sorry or not

5. Why does Sarafina not want to use the spell which makes her invisible?
(a) It can kill a witch
(b) It will leave her exhauseted
(c) It can hurt her daemon
(d) It draws ghosts to use it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will decide to put on the injured cat's cut ear?

2. What is significant about the year that Will's father went missing?

3. What does Lyra show Dr. Malone in an attempt to get Dr. Malone to agree to let her use the cave?

4. What does Sir Charles claim to be and is the reason he wants the alethiometer?

5. What does Lyra hear coming from the window that leads to Will's world?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter four, what does Lyra suddenly begin considering after she sees the initials SP carved into a stone on the corner of Catte Street?

2. What does Lyra apologize to Will for in chapter seven when she returns from her narrow escape with the pale man posing as a police officer?

3. What does Grumman explain had surprised him when he first stepped into Lee's world?

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

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

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

7. What does Will find odd about Lyra and Pantalaimon?

8. In chapter ten, what does John Parry, also known as Grumman, tell Lee he has summoned Lee to help him do?

9. What does Lee see when he leaves his body and is able to fly with Grumman's daemon?

10. What does Will tell Lyra about where the specters might have come from in chapter eleven?

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