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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 do the children Lina's age do on Thursdays?
(a) They have a day off work.
(b) They work a later shift.
(c) They work a half day.
(d) They work an earlier shift.

2. What color are the uniforms worn by the guards?
(a) Blue and green.
(b) Yellow and orange.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Red and brown.

3. 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 tell on Sadge.
(d) She was afraid Lina would call Sadge stupid.

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

5. What color is Poppy's jacket?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color is Doon's jacket?

3. Where is Poppy when Lina returns home from work in Chapter 4?

4. What does Lina do with the message she writes to the mayor?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. Briefly describe the room Lina shares with Poppy.

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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