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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the question Lina asks Mrs. Murdo about the song Mrs. Murdo is singing to Poppy?
(a) What is a rosebud?
(b) What is a treetop?
(c) What is a jingle bell?
(d) What is a piggy?

2. Where do Doon and Lina find the key to the door?
(a) Under a frying pan.
(b) Behind a panel.
(c) Under a rock.
(d) In a bucket.

3. Why does the writer of the last message say she is writing down what happens?
(a) Someone might need to know.
(b) Someone told her to.
(c) She doesn't say.
(d) She is bored.

4. What happens the moment Lina steps onto the roof?
(a) The guards rush out of the building.
(b) Lina falls.
(c) The singing begins.
(d) The lights come on.

5. What does Doon believe is causing the sound they can hear once they are out of the tunnel?
(a) A bird.
(b) A child.
(c) A bug.
(d) An airplane.

6. What is the most common message Lina carries during the day in Chapter 12?
(a) That people are staying home.
(b) That people have found many cans of food.
(c) That people are looking for a way out of Ember.
(d) That people believe the mayor is corrupt.

7. What does Doon say they have to do about the mayor's secret room?
(a) Take pictures as proof.
(b) Keep it a secret.
(c) Tell everyone.
(d) Tell Clary.

8. Who was at the entrance to the Pipeworks when Doon reaches it?
(a) No one.
(b) Lina and Poppy.
(c) A guard.
(d) Lina.

9. How does Lina get Lizzie to stop?
(a) Calls out to her.
(b) Grabs her coat.
(c) Steps in front of her.
(d) Throws a rock at her.

10. How do Doon and Lina figure out the large object is a boat?
(a) It's written on the side.
(b) Doon has seen one in a book.
(c) They've always known what a boat is.
(d) It's written on the instructions.

11. What does Lina realize she has in her pocket?
(a) A box of matches.
(b) A piece of candy.
(c) The note for Clary.
(d) The key to the boat room.

12. What does Poppy do when Lina and Doon go to put the boat into the river?
(a) Cries.
(b) Falls asleep.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Follows.

13. What color is the blanket on the bed Mrs. Murdo says will be Lina's new room?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Brown.

14. What does Lina say she told Mrs. Murdo when she took Poppy?
(a) That she was staying at the greenhouse.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That she was taking Poppy to safety.
(d) That she would be careful.

15. What happens to give Lina a head start on her escape plan?
(a) There's a commotion outside.
(b) The chief guard doesn't come.
(c) The lights go out.
(d) The mayor falls.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Doon and Lina supposed to get the boat into the water?

2. Why is Looper walking more slowly after he's been in the storerooms?

3. What color was the door Lina and Doon find once they are on the ledge?

4. What is the first thing Doon says to Lina when he finds her in Chapter 14?

5. What is the first thing Lina wants to do once they figure out how to light a candle?

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