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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 Will see briefly on Sir Charles after Lyra has spit in his face?

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

3. What does Will tell Lyra she will need before she goes to his Oxford?

4. Who does Will see going into the lawyer's office just as Will decides he might need to go in there?

5. Where does Will go to hide for a short period of time when he first reaches Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the second chapter what does Fra Pavel exaplain about Lyra and the alethiometer?

2. What is Will's response to the children that are attacking the cat?

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

4. What does Lyra apologize to Will for in chapter seven when she returns from her narrow escape with the pale man posing as a police officer?

5. What does Lyra do after Will has returned her alethiometer in chapter nine?

6. What is significant about Pantalaimon's actions when Will is first learning to use the knife in chapter eight?

7. What does Lee begin thinking of while he is getting ready for the troops that are following Grumman in chapter fourteen?

8. What is it that makes Will first realize he has to protect his mother?

9. Why does Mrs. Coulter say that the Specters obey her?

10. In chapter nine, what does Lyra say about the cat's reaction to Mrs. Coulter's monkey daemon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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