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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 Lyra do after Sir Charles locks away the alethiometer?
(a) Kicks over a chair
(b) Spits in his face
(c) Stomps on his foot
(d) Breaks a window

2. What does the word "Yambe-Adda" mean?
(a) I left the coffee pot on
(b) There is no life in me
(c) I give myself to death
(d) The goddess of death

3. What does Lyra feel the loss of the alethiometer has changed her into?
(a) Someone who doesn't matter
(b) A failure
(c) A ghast
(d) A lost little girl

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 spirit of hir own
(c) A souvenir from the spirit world
(d) A picture of the anomaly

5. What does Lyra explain that the Church people in her world believe Dust to be?
(a) A person's soul
(b) Demon possession
(c) Allergy nightmares
(d) Original sin

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will stop and buy?

2. At the beginning of chapter four who does Will call?

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

4. What does Lyra's cat do that shocks Will?

5. What does Will notice is missing in regards to his father that cause him to wonder about the stories his mother tells?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter nine, how does Mrs. Coulter explain the two bodyguards that she carries?

2. What does Will fear will happen if someone finds out how sick his mother is?

3. Describe the scene where the witches attempt to heal Will's hand in chapter thirteen.

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

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

6. What is Lyra beginning to believe about the alethiometer while she is asking it questions in chapter four?

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

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

9. What is significant about Pantalaimon's actions when Will is first learning to use the knife in chapter eight?

10. What does Lee begin thinking of while he is getting ready for the troops that are following Grumman in chapter fourteen?

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