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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 happens while the people are singing "Song of the Darkness"?

2. Where do Doon and Lina find the key to the door?

3. What are the two items Doon and Lina find in the boxes that they don't understand?

4. What does Doon use to carry all the items he plans to take with him?

5. What does Lina realize about Doon after she tells him about her Granny's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lina say about the reason she brought Poppy along?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ember come into being? Why is it built? What are the Builders' plans for the city? How do those plans go wrong?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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