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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Lina tell Mrs. Murdo she's going to do when Doon comes to get her?
(a) Find a way out of Ember.
(b) Hide from the guards.
(c) Expose the mayor for a crook.
(d) Some emergency work.

3. What does Lina believe the paddles are for?
(a) Steering the boat.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Holding on to other boats.
(d) She doesn't have a clue.

4. What do Doon and Lina do for most of the day after reading the book?
(a) Search for another way in to Ember.
(b) Look for a city or some people.
(c) Sleep and eat.
(d) Sleep.

5. Why is Looper walking more slowly after he's been in the storerooms?
(a) Because he's tired.
(b) Because he's carrying a load of supplies.
(c) Because he is trying to not be seen.
(d) Because his leg is injured.

6. What color was the door Lina and Doon find once they are on the ledge?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gray.
(d) Purple.

7. How many boxes do Lina and Doon find behind the door?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Four.

8. What are the two things the writer of the last message say she wasn't allowed to bring?
(a) Books and photographs.
(b) Clocks and phones.
(c) Radios and televisions.
(d) Extra clothing and soap.

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

10. What does Doon tell his father he's worried about that night?
(a) That he might find a way out of Ember.
(b) The mayor's thefts.
(c) That he might not find a way out of Ember.
(d) He says he's not worried.

11. What day does "the last message" begin on?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

12. What color is the moth Doon watches hatch?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

13. How do Lina and Doon plan to tell everyone they've found a way out of Ember?
(a) Announce it at teh beginning of the singing.
(b) They'll leave a note and go ahead.
(c) Tell the mayor.
(d) They'll take Clary, Mrs. Murdo, Mr. Harrow and leave.

14. Where does Doon go after he and Lina leave the chief guard?
(a) To work.
(b) To Clary's greenhouse.
(c) Home.
(d) To Lina's house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was at the entrance to the Pipeworks when Doon reaches it?

2. How does Lina get Lizzie to stop?

3. What does the writer say she and her "mate" have named their two children?

4. Who is the first to get into the boat once it's in the river?

5. Who is second-in-command after the mayor?

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