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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. How many candles do Doon and Lina use before they reach the end of the underground path?
(a) They are using their fifth.
(b) They are using their third.
(c) They are using their first.
(d) They lost count.

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

3. What happens when Doon tries to write on the lid of one of the boxes?
(a) The candle he's using breaks.
(b) The box breaks open.
(c) The match he's using bursts into flame.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. What does Doon say they have to do about the mayor's secret room?
(a) Tell everyone.
(b) Take pictures as proof.
(c) Tell Clary.
(d) Keep it a secret.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the first thing Clary points out when she reaches Lina's room?

4. Who is second-in-command after the mayor?

5. What does Mrs. Murdo have cooked for dinner when Lina gets home with the food from Lizzie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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 get word to the people of Ember how to leave the city?

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

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

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

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

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