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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) Will
(c) Dust
(d) Windown

2. When the young witch, Juta Kamainen, comes to Serafina what does she say about Stanislaus Grumman?
(a) She wants to kill him
(b) She knows he works for the church
(c) She loves him
(d) He has been dead for many years

3. What does Will ask Mrs. Cooper to do for him?
(a) Come clean his house
(b) Fix him some soup
(c) Watch his mother
(d) Hide him

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lyra see on top of the tower after the children have fled in Cittagazze?

2. What does Will begin looking for when he goes back to his empty house?

3. What do the men ask Will's mother about when they come to see her?

4. Where does Will go to hide for a short period of time when he first reaches Oxford?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the scene in chapter eleven where Will asks Lyra to check on his mother.

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

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

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

7. What does Sarafina do when the tortured witch cries out for the goddess of death to come for her while Mrs. Coulter is torturing her?

8. Describe the argument that Lyra and Will have at the beginning of chapter five after Lyra asks the police for directions to the museum.

9. What does Angela say about the grownups having to be gone when the Specters come out?

10. What does Dr. Payne tell Dr. Malone that he will do if she turns down Sir Charles' offer?

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