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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a fact taught by the Book of the City of Ember?
(a) That Ember is the only light in a dark world.
(b) That Ember is underground.
(c) That the Builders will someday return for their people.
(d) That God created the universe, including Ember.

2. What do the children Lina's age do on Thursdays?
(a) They work a half day.
(b) They have a day off work.
(c) They work a later shift.
(d) They work an earlier shift.

3. 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.

4. What do the other workers teach Doon about?
(a) Collecting bugs.
(b) Eating sandwiches for lunch.
(c) Liking Lina.
(d) Trying to figure out how to fix the generator.

5. Where is Poppy when Lina returns home from work in Chapter 4?
(a) Asleep in Lina's bed.
(b) Alone in the apartment.
(c) Lost in the street.
(d) Alone in the shop.

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

7. How many people had traveled into the Unknown Regions, never to return?
(a) Too many to count.
(b) None.
(c) Four in the past year.
(d) Eighteen.

8. What did the seventh mayor die of?
(a) The book doesn't say.
(b) He fell and broke his neck.
(c) Coughing sickness.
(d) Radiation poisoning.

9. What is Lina's first step toward trying to solve the mystery of the note?
(a) Rewriting as much as she can.
(b) Taking it to Doon.
(c) Sticking the pieces down.
(d) Taking it to the Mayor.

10. What is Doon looking for in the "F" section of the library?
(a) A book about fungus.
(b) A book about flying.
(c) A book about fire.
(d) A book about family.

11. Where is Poppy during the town meeting?
(a) With Lina.
(b) With Mrs. Murdo.
(c) At school.
(d) At home with Granny.

12. Where are the citizens of Ember asked to gather for a public meeting?
(a) At the Vegetable Market.
(b) At Harken Square.
(c) At Plummer Street.
(d) At the greenhouse.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Fleery believe the note might be?

2. What is past the trash heaps?

3. What job does Doon say he desperately wanted?

4. What is the dare Lina shouts to her classmates that causes an argument with Doon?

5. How does Lina say she believes the people of Ember can reach the city Lina dreams about?

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