HDM+Chapter+1-3

Chapter 1 1. Describe Lyra's and Lord Asriel's daemons. 2. How does Lord Asriel convey power, one of the book's central themes? 3. What is the Retiring Room? 4. Describe Lord Asriel's reaction when Lyra bolts out of the wardrobe in the Retiring Room.

Chapter 2 5. After the Scholars enter the Retiring Room, what does Lyra overhear while she remains hidden in the wardrobe? 6. Lord Asriel is describing to a group of Scholars the expedition he just took to the North. What were the goals of that expedition? 7. Describe what can be seen in the darker reproductions of the slides Lord Asriel shows the Scholars in the Retiring Room. 8. In her hiding place in the Retiring Room, Lyra eventually falls asleep. What does Lord Asriel talk about with Lyra after he wakes her up?

Chapter 3 9. Describe the games Lyra plays with her friend Roger. 10. Describe Jordan College. 11. While Lyra and Roger explore underground passages at Jordan College, they enter a crypt. What do they find there? 12. In Chapter 3, children of the region are going missing. What is happening to them?