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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 Lyra produce when Will asks her if she has any money?
2. What does Lyra tell Will to do to Sir Charles?
3. What does Lyra check on to make sure it isn't broken after she is struck by the car?
4. What does Will say when Lyra apologizes for not having used the alethiometer to help him find his father?
5. Where does Will go to hide for a short period of time when he first reaches Oxford?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene in which Will returns from his father's body to go wake Lyra.
2. Why is Will angry when Lyra begins reading the alethiometer about his life and his father?
3. What does Angela say about the grownups having to be gone when the Specters come out?
4. 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?
5. What does Will find odd about Lyra and Pantalaimon?
6. What does Lee see when he leaves his body and is able to fly with Grumman's daemon?
7. What does the witch, Lena Feldt, find about the men that are following them in the beginning of chapter fifteen?
8. How does the old man explain to Will to use the knife to cut through to another world?
9. What does Lee begin thinking of while he is getting ready for the troops that are following Grumman in chapter fourteen?
10. What does Dr. Payne tell Dr. Malone that he will do if she turns down Sir Charles' offer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are several characters that die in the book.
1) Was it necessary that Lee and Hester die in the story? What purpose did it serve for the author and the story?
2) Was it necessary that Sir Charles die? What purpose did it serve?
3) Was it necessary that Grumman, Will's father, die? What purpose did it serve?
Essay Topic 2
Given what is known about the Church represented in the story, describe what they are and what their task is. What is the role of the Church in the story.
Essay Topic 3
Look at Will's responsibilities with his mother. Is it possible that Will is more adult than child? Explain. Is it wrong that Will be the one that should take care of his mother?
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