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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 Doon do with the candles remaining?

2. Why does Lina say she isn't afraid?

3. What color is the moth Doon watches hatch?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lina's arrest and her encounter with the mayor.

2. What are some of the things that frighten Lina as they begin their trip down the river?

3. What does the writer say is the reason for building Ember?

4. How do Doon and Lina figure out how the matches work?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the message from the notice on the wall at the beginning of the path?

10. What happens that allows Lina to discover what Lizzie has in her sack and what are some of the canned items in the sack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens each time the lights go off in the city of Ember? What happens when the lights go off on the day Lina is buying the pencils? What does Lina fear will someday happen when the lights go off? Why do the lights go off?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe school in Ember. Compare that to your own school.

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