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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 Mrs. Murdo have cooked for dinner when Lina gets home with the food from Lizzie?

2. Whose hand does Lina hold when they emerge from the tunnel?

3. What is in the can the little boys pick up when Lizzie drops her sack?

4. What is Doon thinking about when he goes to check the door in the tunnel?

5. How does Doon find the notice on the wall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Lina get away from the mayor and the guards once she's in the mayor's office?

6. 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?

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

8. Where does Lizzie first tell Lina she got the canned items and what does she eventually reveal as the truth?

9. How do Doon and Lina get word to the people of Ember how to leave the city?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the most important theme of the book? Why do you consider this theme important? Give at least two examples of the theme.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What are the main sources of food for the people of Ember? How has that changed over the years? Why has it changed?

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