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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. What is the message Lina carries repeatedly the day after the blackout?
2. Who does the chief builder say will keep the instructions for leaving the city?
3. Where does Doon live?
4. How many numbered instructions are there on the note?
5. What job does Doon say he desperately wanted?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Lina show the instructions to first and what is that person's reaction?
2. What happens when Lina and Doon are trying to figure out a way into the strange door Doon finds in the Pipeworks?
3. What happens when Granny wakes Lina in the middle of the night and what does Lina discover when she wakes the following morning?
4. Why does Lina want to be a messenger and why does Doon want to work in the Pipeworks?
5. List at least three of the jobs that are included in the list of jobs given out to Lina, Doon, and their classmates. Briefly described those jobs.
6. 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?
7. What is Assignment Day and how are assignments given?
8. Describe what lies beyond the light from Ember and what people know about that area.
9. What does Doon say about the situation in Ember and what is the Mayor's reaction?
10. What are Granny and Poppy doing when Lina gets home from the town meeting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe at least five of the jobs in Ember. Which does Lina believe would be important and fun? Which does Doon believe would be important?
Essay Topic 2
What is the most important setting of the book? Why do you consider this an important setting? Fully describe the setting.
Essay Topic 3
How does Ember come into being? Why is it built? What are the Builders' plans for the city? How do those plans go wrong?
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