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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. When does the mayor tell the guard to return to his office?
(a) When the mayor rings the bell.
(b) When the mayor calls out.
(c) When the clock strikes four.
(d) When five minutes have passed.

2. What does the writer say she's good at?
(a) Maintaining electrical facilities.
(b) Growing food.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Teaching.

3. What does Poppy do when Lina and Doon go to put the boat into the river?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Cries.
(c) Follows.
(d) Falls asleep.

4. Whose hand does Lina hold when they emerge from the tunnel?
(a) Poppy's and Doon's.
(b) Doon's.
(c) No one''s.
(d) Poppy's.

5. How are Doon and Lina supposed to get the boat into the water?
(a) They can't figure it out.
(b) Lower it with ropes.
(c) Wait for the river to rise.
(d) Drop it over the ledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lizzie say her boyfriend says about her hair?

2. Why is Looper walking more slowly after he's been in the storerooms?

3. What is Doon thinking about when he goes to check the door in the tunnel?

4. What does Doon use to carry all the items he plans to take with him?

5. Where do Doon and Lina hide during the day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. How do Doon and Lina figure out how the matches work?

5. How do Doon and Lina learn the guards are planning to arrest them for spreading vicious rumors?

6. How does Lina get away from the mayor and the guards once she's in the mayor's office?

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. How do Doon and Lina get the boat into the water and what happens as they are performing this task?

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

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

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