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

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

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

4. What does the Cardinal suggest that Mrs. Coulter must have known about and not told them?
(a) That Mrs. Coulter knew about the prophecy concerning Lyra
(b) That Mrs. Coulter is helping Lyra's father
(c) That Mrs. Coulter is aiding the witches
(d) That Mrs. Coulter is hiding Lyra

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Serafina give to Lee Scoresby so that he can call her wherever he is?

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

5. What does Lyra tell the police officers that she and Will are looking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the thoughts that Will recalls of the fights that he has had in the past when he begins his battle in chapter eight?

2. In chapter six, what does Lee's Tartar guide, Umaq, tell him regarding the sky opening up?

3. In chapter ten, what are Lee's feelings as they are safely in the air?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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