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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. Who finds the note Doon and Lina drop down to Ember?

2. What does the writer say is the purpose of the plan to create Ember?

3. What color was the door Lina and Doon find once they are on the ledge?

4. What does Lina say when Poppy says she wants to go home?

5. What does the writer say she's good at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lina think about with regard to being "alone in the world" on her first day back at work after her Granny's death/

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

3. Why doesn't Doon tell his father he found the way out of Ember?

4. How does Lina get Poppy down to the ledge where the boats are and why is she certain she can make it?

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

6. How do Doon and Lina learn the guards are planning to arrest them for spreading vicious rumors?

7. How do Doon and Lina get the boat into the water and what happens as they are performing this task?

8. What are the two choices Doon believes he has if Lina doesn't show up at the entrance to the Pipeworks as planned and which does he believe is the better of the two?

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

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

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 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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