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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 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 hiding Lyra
(c) That Mrs. Coulter is aiding the witches
(d) That Mrs. Coulter is helping Lyra's father

2. What is Lyra doing when she walks in to where she and Will are staying after his narrow escape from the police?
(a) Laughing
(b) Singing
(c) Crying
(d) Skipping

3. When Will is forced to flee his home where does he travel to in order to find answers to his questions?
(a) Cittàgazze
(b) His uncle's house
(c) To find Lyra
(d) Oxford

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

5. What does Will's father say he found in the "weather balloon" owned by the physicist Nelson?
(a) Radiation suit
(b) Dynamite
(c) Camcorders
(d) Guns

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lyra tell Will she got to the world her and Will are currently in in chapter three?

2. What does Serafina say she can feel from the spectral forms?

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

4. What does Will stop and buy?

5. What does Charles hand Lyra when she turns to leave after looking at the trepanned skulls?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. How does the old man explain to Will to use the knife to cut through to another world?

5. What does Pantalaimon explain was the reason that he licked Will while talking to Lyra in chapter thirteen?

6. What is Will's initial response when he first enters the new world after following the cat in chapter one?

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

8. Describe the scene in which Will returns from his father's body to go wake Lyra.

9. Describe the scene in chapter eight when Lyra watches Tullio run out of the building?

10. How does Dr. Malone describe Shadows?

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