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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 does Lina tell Poppy they're about to do?
(a) Try to keep from drowning.
(b) Leave Ember forever.
(c) Go on an adventure.
(d) Save their people.

2. What does Lizzie say is in her sack?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Books.
(c) Groceries.
(d) Toys.

3. How old does the writer say all the adults are who are headed to Ember?
(a) Around thirty-five.
(b) No older than forty.
(c) At least sixty.
(d) At least twenty.

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

5. What does Mrs. Murdo have cooked for dinner when Lina gets home with the food from Lizzie?
(a) Pineapples and cake.
(b) Beet and bean stew.
(c) Green bean casserole.
(d) Spaghetti with tomato sauce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lina believe is the most frightening part about the first moments of the ride down the river?

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

3. What does Lina use Doon's rope for?

4. Where do Doon and Lina find the key to the door?

5. What does Lina believe the paddles are for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Doon and Lina discover is the sixth step of the instructions?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. How do Doon and Lina figure out how the candles work?

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

9. What does the writer say is the reason for building Ember?

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

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