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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 the writer say she and her "mate" have named their two children?

2. Who is the person Lina and Doon decide to leave a message for about leaving Ember?

3. What is the first thing Doon says to Lina when he finds her in Chapter 14?

4. Who is second-in-command after the mayor?

5. What does the word "egress" mean, according to Clary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Doon and Lina discover is the sixth step of the instructions?

2. What is the problem Doon and Lina see with using the boat to go downstream and what do they discover that eliminates that problem?

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

4. How do Doon and Lina find the path that leads up from the river?

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

6. What, according to the writer of the book found by Poppy, happened on Friday?

7. What is the first sight that meets the children when they emerge from the tunnel?

8. Why does Clary say the instructions are "hopeful"?

9. What are some of the things Doon packs to take on the journey out of Ember and what are some of the things he leaves behind?

10. Describe what and who Doon finds when he opens the door in the tunnel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare Granny and Mrs. Murdo. How are the two women similar? How are they different? What are their roles in the lives of Lina and Poppy?

Essay Topic 3

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

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