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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 color does the person Lina overhears say he hoped to paint the door of his house?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Purple.
(d) Blue.

2. When do Lina and Doon agree to meet to go into the Pipeworks?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) In a week.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Monday.

3. What does the mayor do to try to make his words heard by the crowd gathered for the meeting?
(a) Yells really loudly.
(b) Uses a megaphone.
(c) Has a woman shout out his messages.
(d) Stands on a roof.

4. What does Lina use to draw on?
(a) A soup can label.
(b) A piece of wood.
(c) A notebook page.
(d) A paper sack.

5. Why does Clary say she told Lina to leave when Sadge arrived?
(a) She was afraid Lina would try to venter out of Ember.
(b) She was afraid Lina would be afraid.
(c) She was afraid Lina would call Sadge stupid.
(d) She was afraid Lina would tell on Sadge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a fact taught by the Book of the City of Ember?

2. What is the dare Lina shouts to her classmates that causes an argument with Doon?

3. What does Clary tell Lina to get for Sadge?

4. What is written at the entrance of the dark tunnel Doon discovers that ends in a locked door?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what lies beyond the light from Ember and what people know about that area.

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

4. What does Doon believe he's going to be able to do once he's working in the Pipeworks and why does he believe this?

5. What is Assignment Day and how are assignments given?

6. What does Granny say she saw on her tour of the storerooms as a child and why do children Lina's age not get the opportunity to tour the storerooms?

7. List at least three of the jobs that are included in the list of jobs given out to Lina, Doon, and their classmates. Briefly described those jobs.

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

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

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

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