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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 the word "Yambe-Adda" mean?
2. What does Will begin looking for when he goes back to his empty house?
3. What does Will stop and buy?
4. What does John explain in his letter that Nelson's funding comes from?
5. Where does Mr. Perkins tell Will that the money comes from every few months that Will and his mother receive?
Short Essay Questions
1. In chapter nine, what does Lyra say about the cat's reaction to Mrs. Coulter's monkey daemon?
2. What is Will's initial response when he first enters the new world after following the cat in chapter one?
3. 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?
4. What does Grumman explain had surprised him when he first stepped into Lee's world?
5. What does Will find odd about Lyra and Pantalaimon?
6. What does Lyra do after Will has returned her alethiometer in chapter nine?
7. In chapter ten, what does John Parry, also known as Grumman, tell Lee he has summoned Lee to help him do?
8. What is significant about Pantalaimon's actions when Will is first learning to use the knife in chapter eight?
9. What does the witch, Lena Feldt, find about the men that are following them in the beginning of chapter fifteen?
10. Describe what happens between the specters and the grown ups as Angela describes it in chapter three.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Lyra and Will are both focused on as important characters in the book. Compare Lyra and Will's characters. What are their differences? Similarities? Why is it important that Will and Lyra stay together?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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