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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 in each of the boats Doon and Lina find in the second room?
(a) A long rope and a box of candles.
(b) Eight boxes and some long poles.
(c) A small motor and a can of gasoline.
(d) Two boxes and two paddles.

2. Which of the items does Lina say she'll accept from Lizzie and Looper?
(a) Colored paper.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Pineapple.
(d) Aplesauce.

3. What does Doon believe is causing the sound they can hear once they are out of the tunnel?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A child.
(c) A bug.
(d) A bird.

4. What does Lina believe the paddles are for?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Holding on to other boats.
(c) She doesn't have a clue.
(d) Steering the boat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clary say she remembers about the mayor when he was "first starting out?"

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

3. Who signed the notice Doon finds?

4. Where does Lina hide while waiting to implement her plan?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Clary say the instructions are "hopeful"?

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

4. Describe the room Mrs. Murdo says Lina can share with Poppy.

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

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

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

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

9. How do Doon and Lina get word to the people of Ember how to leave the city?

10. 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?

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