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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two colored pencils does Lina purchase?
(a) Green and orange.
(b) Blue and green.
(c) Yellow and purple.
(d) Red and blue.

2. What kind of shop does Lina's grandmother run?
(a) A yarn shop.
(b) A vegetables shop.
(c) A small items shop.
(d) A clock shop.

3. Who is the teacher overseeing Lina's class on Assignment Day?
(a) Miss. Thorn.
(b) Miss Rose.
(c) Miss Mayfleet.
(d) Miss Harrow.

4. What does the mayor do to try to make his words heard by the crowd gathered for the meeting?
(a) Uses a megaphone.
(b) Has a woman shout out his messages.
(c) Yells really loudly.
(d) Stands on a roof.

5. What has Poppy done with the paper from inside the beautiful box Granny found?
(a) Thrown it away.
(b) Chewed on it.
(c) Sat on it.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

8. 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 fact that it was in the locked box.
(d) The printing.

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

10. What time does Lizzie get off work?
(a) Seven o'clock.
(b) Five o'clock.
(c) Four o'clock.
(d) Six o'clock.

11. What does Doon say he usually dreams about?
(a) A way out of Ember.
(b) Locks and clocks.
(c) The river.
(d) Insects.

12. What is on Lina's wall?
(a) Her clothes.
(b) A pot with a bean seed.
(c) Her books.
(d) Her drawings.

13. How much does the man say he is charging for his colored pencils?
(a) Fifty cents each.
(b) Three dollars each.
(c) Five dollars each.
(d) A dollar each.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lina say the "door" mentioned in the instructions must lead?

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

3. Where does Lizzie say she was when the big blackout occurred?

4. What does Doon believe are his two possible courses of action?

5. What is the item Lina feels she needs to buy for Granny?

(see the answer keys)

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