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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. Where does Will go to hide for a short period of time when he first reaches Oxford?
2. What does Lyra do after Sir Charles locks away the alethiometer?
3. What does Will stop and buy?
4. What does Will do with the green leather writing case before going back to his world?
5. What does Lyra find when she goes to see Dr. Malone?
Short Essay Questions
1. In chapter nine, how does Mrs. Coulter explain the two bodyguards that she carries?
2. 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.
3. What does Grumman explain might be the problem with trying to protect Lyra with the subtle knife?
4. What does Will explain in chapter thirteen is the reason that he thinks maybe the Specters came from his world?
5. What does Dr. Payne tell Dr. Malone that he will do if she turns down Sir Charles' offer?
6. Grumman explains to Lee why it is the Specters only attack adults. What is this explanation he gives in chapter fourteen?
7. Why does Mrs. Coulter say that the Specters obey her?
8. 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?
9. What is it that makes Will first realize he has to protect his mother?
10. What is wrong with Will when he first wakes up in chapter eleven?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The old man who teaches Will to use the knife commits suicide. What is the reason that the man killed himself? Why could he not have gone through a window to another world? Given what is known, what was his frame of mind that caused him to feel that death was the only option left to him?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
There are beings in the story that eventually come to be known as Zngels. Describe Angels, given what is known about them. In what way are these creatures the same as the ones that are commonly thought of in real life?
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