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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Poppy during the town meeting?

2. How do Lina and Doon know the man in the tunnel has unlocked the door?

3. What did the seventh mayor die of?

4. How does Lina say she believes the people of Ember can reach the city Lina dreams about?

5. Who is Poppy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lina and Doon are trying to figure out a way into the strange door Doon finds in the Pipeworks?

2. Describe what lies beyond the light from Ember and what people know about that area.

3. What is Lina's Granny's job and what is she doing on the day Lina comes home from work in Chapter 4?

4. What interests Doon so much that he has a book about it, what is the book called, and how does he study this subject?

5. What is Clary's job and what does she give Lina on the day they see the man coming back from the Unknown Regions?

6. What is Mrs. Murdo like and what does Lina like about having her around?

7. What are Granny and Poppy doing when Lina gets home from the town meeting?

8. What does Doon say about the situation in Ember and what is the Mayor's reaction?

9. Briefly describe the room Lina shares with Poppy.

10. What is the plan the Builders have for ensuring the people of Ember can find their way out of the city at the correct time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Lina comes to have the instructions for leaving Ember. How does she finally figure out what the instructions mean? How might the lives of the people of Ember have been different if the mayors had completed their duties with regard to handing down the box?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Lina and Doon. How are they similar? How are they different? How does each impact the other?

Essay Topic 3

What is Mayor Cole's reaction when Doon voices his belief that the city is in real trouble? Describe Mayor Cole's speech later in the main square. Is Mayor Cole genuinely doing his best for the city? Are Mayor Cole's actions honorable? Why or why not?

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