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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How do Doon and Lina discover the fruit that's good to eat?
(a) They can smell it.
(b) They see a creature eating it.
(c) They sit under a tree and a piece of the fruit falls on Doon.
(d) They recognize it from a book in the library.

4. Who is second-in-command after the mayor?
(a) Clary.
(b) Mr. Harrow.
(c) The chief guard.
(d) No one.

5. What happens when Doon tries to write on the lid of one of the boxes?
(a) The box breaks open.
(b) The match he's using bursts into flame.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The candle he's using breaks.

6. What does Lina tell Poppy they're about to do?
(a) Try to keep from drowning.
(b) Leave Ember forever.
(c) Save their people.
(d) Go on an adventure.

7. What does Lina say is her favorite day of the year?
(a) Singing day.
(b) Peaches day.
(c) Her birthday.
(d) Christmas.

8. What do Doon and Lina do while they eat the last of the food Doon has?
(a) Look for a place to rest.
(b) Read the book Poppy found.
(c) Try to figure out what to do next.
(d) Try to decide how to get a message to Ember.

9. Where does Doon keep the book he's written about bugs?
(a) In his desk drawer.
(b) On his windowsill.
(c) On top of his dresser.
(d) Under his bed.

10. Where does Lizzie first say she got the cans of food?
(a) From Doon.
(b) From a back shelf in the market.
(c) From Granny's shop.
(d) From a secret stash in the mayor's office.

11. What does Lizzie say her boyfriend says about her hair?
(a) That it looks like a tomato.
(b) That she looks like a movie star.
(c) That she looks like Raggedy Ann.
(d) That it's her only good feature.

12. What does the writer say is the purpose of the plan to create Ember?
(a) To hide people from an invading army.
(b) She doesn't say.
(c) To punish those convicted of crimes.
(d) To be sure people don't disappear from the Earth.

13. What is the first thing Lina wants to do once they figure out how to light a candle?
(a) Go into the Unknown Regions.
(b) Show Doon's father and Clary.
(c) Go down the river.
(d) Explore the room.

14. What does Doon use to carry all the items he plans to take with him?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A paper bag.
(d) A pillowcase.

15. What does Doon do with the candles remaining?
(a) Puts them in his bag.
(b) Leaves them in the boat.
(c) Lights them on the rock near the boat.
(d) Has Lina carry them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nammy Proggs tell a guard Doon has gone?

2. What does Lina see when she looks over the riverbank and discovers a ledge?

3. Who finds the note Doon and Lina drop down to Ember?

4. Where do the children put the lighted candles once the boat slows?

5. What is Doon thinking about when he goes to check the door in the tunnel?

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