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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Doon give Lina to wear when they go into the Pipeworks?
(a) A helmet with a light.
(b) An officials Pipeswork jacket.
(c) A slicker and boots.
(d) A vest with a safety harness to keep her from falling.

2. What does Clary give Lina as Lina is leaving the greenhouse?
(a) A hug.
(b) A bean seed and some soil in a pot.
(c) A message for Looper.
(d) An admonition not to tell anyone about Sadge.

3. When do Lina and Doon agree to meet to go into the Pipeworks?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) In a week.

4. Which of the reports does Lizzie say she's never allowed to see?
(a) The report for canned pineapples.
(b) The report for children's shoes.
(c) The report for forks.
(d) The report for lightbulbs.

5. What color are the uniforms worn by the guards?
(a) Yellow and orange.
(b) Blue and green.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Red and brown.

6. What does Captain Fleery believe the note might be?
(a) A love letter.
(b) A way out of Ember.
(c) A recipe.
(d) A way to fix the generator.

7. What does Doon believe are his two possible courses of action?
(a) Fix the generator or find a way out.
(b) Do nothing or figure out how to make movable light.
(c) Learn to grow more food or find a key to the locked door.
(d) Ask the mayor for help or ask Lina for help.

8. Who is Poppy?
(a) The child of a neighbor, Mrs. Murdo.
(b) An orphan Lina's grandmother took in.
(c) Lina's little sister.
(d) Lina's neice.

9. What is past the trash heaps?
(a) The Unknown Regions.
(b) A huge park for the children.
(c) The vegetable gardens.
(d) Store rooms.

10. How many times does Granny say she had pineapple before the supply was gone?
(a) Four.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Every day.
(d) None.

11. What does Lina use to draw on?
(a) A notebook page.
(b) A piece of wood.
(c) A paper sack.
(d) A soup can label.

12. What is it about the note that sparks Lina's curiosity?
(a) The fact that some of it's missing.
(b) The fact that Granny was searching for it.
(c) The printing.
(d) The fact that it was in the locked box.

13. What is Arlin Froll's job?
(a) She's a very fast messenger.
(b) She's an expert in the pipeworks.
(c) She's an expert electrician.
(d) She's the head of the mayor's guards.

14. What do Doon and Lina do once they reach Plummer Square?
(a) Tell Clary what they'd seen.
(b) Get a drink of water.
(c) Write down what they'd seen.
(d) Sit on a bench and talk.

15. How do Lina and Doon know the man in the tunnel has unlocked the door?
(a) They hear the key in the lock.
(b) They see him unlock it.
(c) They don't know.
(d) The man says he's going to unlock it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the message Lina carries repeatedly the day after the blackout?

2. What is one of the things Lina likes about Doon?

3. Who does the chief builder say will keep the instructions for leaving the city?

4. Why does Clary say she told Lina to leave when Sadge arrived?

5. What is Granny doing when Lina gets home?

(see the answer keys)

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