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1. What kind of an animal is Lord Boreal's daemon?

(A) A frog

(B) A snow leopard

(D) A bear

2. How did Lord Boreal's fortune disappear?

(A) He gambled it away

(B) Lyra took it from him

(D) His estate was flooded

3. What is Iorek Byrnison?

(A) A fighting frog

(B) An armored bear

(D) A witch

4. What is the name of Lyra's daemon?

(A) Serafina

(B) Will

(D) Pantalaimon

5. Which magical tool does Lyra use?

(A) An alethiometer

(B) A magic knife

(D) Special armor

6. What does Mary Malone study?

(A) Daemons

(B) Dark matter

(D) Anthropology

7. Where do Will and Lyra both live?

(A) London

(B) Paris

(D) Oxford

8. What did Will's father do before he went missing?

(A) He was a lawyer

(B) He was an explorer

(D) He was a scientist

9. Where is Lee Scoresby from?

(A) He's a Texan from New Denmark

(B) He's a Berliner from Germany

(D) He's an armored Bear from Svalbard

10. How does Lyra convince Iofur Raknison to fight Iorek Byrnison?

(A) She promises to give him the alethiometer

(B) She tempts him with Iorek's armor

(D) She says she will become his daemon

11. What form do witches' daemons take?

(A) Cats

(B) Bats

(D) Birds

12. How many times does Lyra rescue Roger?

(A) None

(B) Once

(D) Three times

13. Where do Will and Lyra meet?

(A) Oxford

(B) Texas

(D) Heaven

14. What are Lady Salmakia and Chevalier Tialys?

(A) Dogs

(B) Daemons

(D) Gallivespian spies

15. What candy inspired Mary to leave her religious life?

(A) SweeTarts

(B) Chocolate

(D) Licorice

16. What, besides their mouths, do the mulefa use to talk?

(A) Their trunks

(B) Their wheels

(D) Their eyebrows

17. Who is Lyra's mother?

(A) Will's mother

(B) Mary Malone

(D) Serafina Pekkala

18. What is the relationship between Baruch and Balthamos?

(A) They are fellow priests

(B) They are gay angels in love with each other

(D) They are best friends

19. What kind of being is Xaphania?

(A) An angel

(B) A Gallivespian

(D) A witch

20. According to mulefa lore, what caused consciousness to come into existence?

(A) Two zalifs stumbled upon a Dust-filled garden

(B) Two zalifs were tempted by a snake

(D) A female zalif put her claw through a seedpod wheel

21. What form does Will's daemon take when she settles?

(A) A pine marten

(B) A magpie

(D) A cat

22. Who teaches Mary how to see her daemon?

(A) Lyra

(B) Serafina Pekkala

(D) Will

23. What makes the Dust stop flowing out of the world of the mulefa?

(A) Mary's observations

(B) The angels

(D) Will and Lyra's love

24. Whom does Lyra allow to touch Pantalaimon?

(A) Mrs. Coulter

(B) A scientist at Bolvanger

(D) Iorek Byrnison

25. How old is Lyra when she starts her adventures?

(A) Nine

(B) Ten

(D) Twelve

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