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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time does the light come on the morning of Granny's death?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

3. What does Dr. Tower have in her hands when she tells Lina that her mother died?
(a) A bloody towel.
(b) A bowl of soup.
(c) A crying baby.
(d) A pan of water.

4. Who is Alis Fleery?
(a) Lina's neighbor.
(b) The chief messenger.
(c) Lina's grandmother.
(d) Doon's mother.

5. What is one of the things Lina likes about Doon?
(a) That he doesn't interrupt her when she talks.
(b) That he's curious.
(c) That he's always by himself.
(d) That he's handsome.

6. What color is Poppy's jacket?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

7. What does Lina do with the message she writes to the mayor?
(a) Leaves it at the guard's desk.
(b) Throws it away.
(c) Gives it to a guard.
(d) Gives it to the mayor.

8. Where does Doon live?
(a) In an apartment next to the mayor's office.
(b) In an apartment over his father's shop.
(c) In a tiny shack near one of the parks.
(d) In a house near the greenhouses.

9. What does Lina believe the instructions say a person should do in the Pipeworks?
(a) Find a boat.
(b) Swim.
(c) Repair the generator.
(d) Look for a door.

10. What is the Believer's flute made of?
(a) A corn stalk.
(b) Plastic.
(c) A drainpipe.
(d) A piece of wood.

11. What kind of races do the workers in the Pipeworks participate in when they have spare time?
(a) Swimming races.
(b) One mile races.
(c) Salamander races.
(d) Climbing races.

12. How many numbered instructions are there on the note?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

13. What is the message Lina carries repeatedly the day after the blackout?
(a) That no one is to blame for the blackouts.
(b) That the blackout lasted seven minutes.
(c) That someone should find a way out of Ember.
(d) That everyone believes the mayor should be fired.

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

15. According to the book Doon finds, what is a "hog"?
(a) The writer says it's the source of bacon.
(b) The writer of the book doesn't know.
(c) The writer says it's a dirty animal.
(d) The writer says it's a large animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the food most people in Ember eat almost every day?

2. What does Granny say she dreamed about?

3. What is the name of the book Doon keeps about the creatures he finds?

4. What does Clary tell Lina to get for Sadge?

5. Where did the box with the instructions end up when a mayor died?

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