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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 is everyone let off work at noon in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) To shop and do other errands.
(b) They are always off at noon on Saturday.
(c) To rehearse singing.
(d) To rest.

2. Who finds the note Doon and Lina drop down to Ember?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Mrs. Murdo.
(c) Mr. Harrow.
(d) Clary.

3. What does Lina say when Poppy says she wants to go home?
(a) That they can't go back.
(b) That they'll have a new home.
(c) That she shouldn't cry.
(d) That they're almost there.

4. What are the two items Doon and Lina find in the boxes that they don't understand?
(a) A map and boat paddles.
(b) Flashlights and flares.
(c) Candles and matches.
(d) Candy bars and sodas.

5. Who was at the entrance to the Pipeworks when Doon reaches it?
(a) Lina and Poppy.
(b) Lina.
(c) No one.
(d) A guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Doon says to Lina when he finds her in Chapter 14?

2. What happens to give Lina a head start on her escape plan?

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

4. What day does "the last message" begin on?

5. What does Lizzie say is in her sack?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What, according to the writer of the book found by Poppy, happened on Friday?

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

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

10. Why doesn't Doon tell his father he found the way out of Ember?

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