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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 Doon looking for in the "F" section of the library?
2. What does Doon see when he steps through the door marked "main tunnel"?
3. What does Captain Fleery believe the note might be?
4. What does Mayor Cole hold in his hand when he arrives in the classroom for Assignment Day?
5. What is the dare Lina shouts to her classmates that causes an argument with Doon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Granny and Poppy doing when Lina gets home from the town meeting?
2. Why does Lina decide she can't ask the mayor to come to her house to see the instructions?
3. What does Doon discover when he goes into the generator room on his first lunch break and why is he disappointed?
4. Why does Lina want to be a messenger and why does Doon want to work in the Pipeworks?
5. What does Granny say she saw on her tour of the storerooms as a child and why do children Lina's age not get the opportunity to tour the storerooms?
6. Who does Lina show the instructions to first and what is that person's reaction?
7. What interests Doon so much that he has a book about it, what is the book called, and how does he study this subject?
8. What is Dr. Tower's first reaction when Lina says her Granny is sick and what does she instruct Lina to do once she's seen Granny?
9. What is Doon's father's job and how does his job impact Doon's apartment?
10. What does Doon believe he's going to be able to do once he's working in the Pipeworks and why does he believe this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe an average day for the residents of Ember. Use information from the book, such as the kinds of messages Lina delivers, as clues to the kinds of lives the people live. `
Essay Topic 2
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 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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