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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 most common message Lina carries during the day in Chapter 12?
(a) That people have found many cans of food.
(b) That people are staying home.
(c) That people are looking for a way out of Ember.
(d) That people believe the mayor is corrupt.

2. What do Doon and Lina do while they eat the last of the food Doon has?
(a) Read the book Poppy found.
(b) Try to figure out what to do next.
(c) Look for a place to rest.
(d) Try to decide how to get a message to Ember.

3. Who is the person Lina and Doon decide to leave a message for about leaving Ember?
(a) Clary.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Mrs. Murdo.
(d) Mr. Harrow.

4. What does Lizzie say is in her sack?
(a) Books.
(b) Toys.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Groceries.

5. What does Lina realize about Doon after she tells him about her Granny's death?
(a) That he's her best friend.
(b) That he can find the way out of Ember.
(c) That he wants the glory of finding a way out.
(d) That he isn't going to try to find a way out.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the mayor tell the guard to return to his office?

2. What do Doon and Lina do for most of the day after reading the book?

3. What is the first thing Lina wants to do once they figure out how to light a candle?

4. What is Lina carrying when she joins Doon at the entrance of the Pipeworks?

5. What does Lina tell Poppy they're about to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lina say about the reason she brought Poppy along?

2. What happens that allows Lina to discover what Lizzie has in her sack and what are some of the canned items in the sack?

3. What does Lina think about with regard to being "alone in the world" on her first day back at work after her Granny's death/

4. Why does the writer say the adults have to cut all ties with their families and take no books or photographs, and why are there so many babies?

5. What is the first sight that meets the children when they emerge from the tunnel?

6. What is the message from the notice on the wall at the beginning of the path?

7. What does Clary say about everyone having darkness inside them and why does Lina know Clary is right?

8. What does the writer say is the reason for building Ember?

9. How do Doon and Lina decide what to do with the information that the mayor is stealing?

10. What does Doon consider telling his father when his father asks if Doon is worried about something?

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