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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. How many people had traveled into the Unknown Regions, never to return?
(a) Four in the past year.
(b) None.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Too many to count.

2. Who does Nammy Proggs say fixes broken things at her house?
(a) Doon.
(b) Clary.
(c) Mr. Murdo.
(d) She fixes them herself.

3. What is one of the things Lina likes about Doon?
(a) That he's always by himself.
(b) That he's handsome.
(c) That he doesn't interrupt her when she talks.
(d) That he's curious.

4. What does the old man say when Doon asks how the generator works?
(a) That it's too complicated for Doon to understand.
(b) He begins a complicated explanation that Doon doesn't understand.
(c) That he doesn't know.
(d) That Doon shoud come watch it and try to understand for himself.

5. What kind of shop does Lina's grandmother run?
(a) A clock shop.
(b) A small items shop.
(c) A yarn shop.
(d) A vegetables shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lina say she believes the people of Ember can reach the city Lina dreams about?

2. What is Lina's first step toward trying to solve the mystery of the note?

3. What does Lina figure out is the work on the document that ends with "orks"?

4. Where is Poppy during the town meeting?

5. What is the food most people in Ember eat almost every day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Granny wakes Lina in the middle of the night and what does Lina discover when she wakes the following morning?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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