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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the item Lina feels she needs to buy for Granny?
(a) A coat.
(b) A blanket.
(c) Colored pencils.
(d) A Bible.

2. Why does Clary say the guards grab Sadge?
(a) Sadge is obviously crazy and dangerous.
(b) It's illegal to go into the Unknown Regions.
(c) Sadge is an escaped prisoner.
(d) They'll have fun scaring him.

3. Why does Lina believe the key to the locked door might be in a pan?
(a) She thinks that's what the instructions say.
(b) She heard the mayor say that's where it would be hidden.
(c) That's where all the people hide their keys.
(d) A pan is the only hiding place she can find.

4. What do Doon and Lina do once they reach Plummer Square?
(a) Sit on a bench and talk.
(b) Tell Clary what they'd seen.
(c) Write down what they'd seen.
(d) Get a drink of water.

5. What does Lina do with the message she writes to the mayor?
(a) Gives it to the mayor.
(b) Leaves it at the guard's desk.
(c) Gives it to a guard.
(d) Throws it away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sadge say he was looking for when he went into the darkness outside Ember?

2. What does Dr. Tower have in her hands when she tells Lina that her mother died?

3. Who does Captain Fleery believe will show the people of Ember "the way"?

4. What does Doon say he usually dreams about?

5. What is the message Lina delivers to Mayor Cole from Looper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the pencils Looper has for sale and Lina's reaction to them.

2. What are the other tragedies Lina thinks about as she stays home from work to take care of Granny?

3. What interests Doon so much that he has a book about it, what is the book called, and how does he study this subject?

4. Why does Lina decide she can't ask the mayor to come to her house to see the instructions?

5. What is the message the mayor gives during the town hall meeting in chapter six and what it the reaction of the people to his message?

6. What are Granny and Poppy doing when Lina gets home from the town meeting?

7. What does Doon say about the situation in Ember and what is the Mayor's reaction?

8. What does Doon discover when he goes into the generator room on his first lunch break and why is he disappointed?

9. What is Doon's father's job and how does his job impact Doon's apartment?

10. What does Nammy Proggs say to Lina after Lina finds Poppy at Doon's father's store?

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