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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 does Lina figure out is the work on the document that ends with "orks"?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) Dorks.
(c) Pipeworks.
(d) Forks.

2. What is the dare Lina shouts to her classmates that causes an argument with Doon?
(a) That she can cartwheel over a small wall.
(b) That she can jump a large hedge.
(c) That she can jump down six steps at a time.
(d) That she can climb a lightpole.

3. What is the first job assigned to a member of Lina and Doon's class?
(a) Supply Depot clerk.
(b) Electrician's helper.
(c) Timekeeper.
(d) Greenhouse apprentice.

4. What is the message Lina carries repeatedly the day after the blackout?
(a) That no one is to blame for the blackouts.
(b) That someone should find a way out of Ember.
(c) That the blackout lasted seven minutes.
(d) That everyone believes the mayor should be fired.

5. How does Lina say she believes the people of Ember can reach the city Lina dreams about?
(a) She believes they'll travel down the river.
(b) She believes they need to build it.
(c) She belives they need to climb.
(d) She says there might be a door somewhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things Lina likes about Doon?

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

3. What does Doon's father say a person gets when he doesn't control his anger?

4. What time does the light come on the morning of Granny's death?

5. What did the seventh mayor die of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plan the Builders have for ensuring the people of Ember can find their way out of the city at the correct time?

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

3. What is Mrs. Murdo like and what does Lina like about having her around?

4. Describe the drawing Lina creates on the back of a can label.

5. What is Dr. Tower's first reaction when Lina says her Granny is sick and what does she instruct Lina to do once she's seen Granny?

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

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

8. Who does Lina show the instructions to first and what is that person's reaction?

9. What is Clary's job and what does she give Lina on the day they see the man coming back from the Unknown Regions?

10. What are some of the old words and phrases Doon finds in a book in the library and what does the book say they mean?

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