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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. Why does the writer of the last message say she is writing down what happens?
(a) She doesn't say.
(b) She is bored.
(c) Someone told her to.
(d) Someone might need to know.

2. What happens while the people are singing "Song of the Darkness"?
(a) The guards push through the crowd, looking for Lina.
(b) The lights go off again.
(c) Lina leaves Ember.
(d) The mayor interrupts, telling everyone to look for Lina.

3. Where do the children put the lighted candles once the boat slows?
(a) They each hold one.
(b) In the frame of the boat.
(c) On the flat edge of the paddles.
(d) On top of the boxes.

4. What is the first thing Clary points out when she reaches Lina's room?
(a) That her bean has sprouted.
(b) That it is very clean.
(c) That Poppy isn't there.
(d) That the note is missing.

5. Where does Lina tell Mrs. Murdo she's going to do when Doon comes to get her?
(a) Expose the mayor for a crook.
(b) Find a way out of Ember.
(c) Some emergency work.
(d) Hide from the guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lina and Doon plan to tell everyone they've found a way out of Ember?

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

3. How does Doon find the notice on the wall?

4. What does the sign say Lina and Doon have done wrong?

5. What does Doon do with the candles remaining?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what and who Doon finds when he opens the door in the tunnel.

3. What are some of the things that frighten Lina as they begin their trip down the river?

4. Where does Lizzie first tell Lina she got the canned items and what does she eventually reveal as the truth?

5. What are the two choices Doon believes he has if Lina doesn't show up at the entrance to the Pipeworks as planned and which does he believe is the better of the two?

6. How do Doon and Lina find the path that leads up from the river?

7. What is the problem Doon and Lina see with using the boat to go downstream and what do they discover that eliminates that problem?

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

9. How does Lina get Poppy down to the ledge where the boats are and why is she certain she can make it?

10. Describe Lina's arrest and her encounter with the mayor.

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