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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 does Lina use to draw on?

2. What has Poppy done with the paper from inside the beautiful box Granny found?

3. Who does the chief builder say will keep the instructions for leaving the city?

4. What is the name of the book Doon keeps about the creatures he finds?

5. What color does the person Lina overhears say he hoped to paint the door of his house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Doon's father's job and how does his job impact Doon's apartment?

3. Describe the drawing Lina creates on the back of a can label.

4. What is Assignment Day and how are assignments given?

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. Where does Doon go to learn about fire and what are some of the things Doon learns about fire?

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do people believe exists outside the lights of Ember? How do people go about trying to explore that region? What are the results?

Essay Topic 2

What are the attitudes about the people of Ember with regard to their need to reuse and recycle items? What has prompted this attitude? Is there something to be learned from this attitude?

Essay Topic 3

Describe at least five inhabitants of Ember. How are each important to the city? How are each important to other inhabitants?

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