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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Saraphina tell Thorold that she is going to go do?
2. What does Lyra's cat do that shocks Will?
3. What does Lee and his daemon notice when they look at Skraeling's daemon's face?
4. What does Lyra check on to make sure it isn't broken after she is struck by the car?
5. What does Will begin looking for when he goes back to his empty house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lyra do after Will has returned her alethiometer in chapter nine?
2. 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?
3. Why is Will angry when Lyra begins reading the alethiometer about his life and his father?
4. What is wrong with Will when he first wakes up in chapter eleven?
5. In the second chapter what does Mrs. Coulter say about Lyra being her daughter?
6. What is the dream that wakes Lyra in chapter three?
7. Describe the scene in chapter eleven where Will asks Lyra to check on his mother.
8. What information is Lyra able to relate to Dr. Malone in chapter four in regards to dust?
9. What is Dr. Malone told when she goes to the office late at night in chapter twelve and hooks herself up to the Cave?
10. In chapter ten, what are Lee's feelings as they are safely in the air?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the reason that Lee was given the option of going with Grumman's daemon while she was attacking the zeppelins. What was it that it gave Lee to be allowed this?
Essay Topic 2
How effective was the ending in the book with the open-ended quest and Lyra missing? Would it have been possible to have ended the story with more of a closing? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Why was Dr. Malone chosen to destroy the machine? Why did she choose to do what the "cave" told her despite the fact that it could get her into large amounts of trouble? Does this contradict what is known about her character, considering she was willing to turn down Sir Charles? Explain.
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