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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Doon and Lina find the key to the door?
(a) In a bucket.
(b) Under a frying pan.
(c) Behind a panel.
(d) Under a rock.

2. How are Doon and Lina supposed to get the boat into the water?
(a) Wait for the river to rise.
(b) Lower it with ropes.
(c) Drop it over the ledge.
(d) They can't figure it out.

3. Why does the writer of the last message say she is writing down what happens?
(a) Someone told her to.
(b) She is bored.
(c) She doesn't say.
(d) Someone might need to know.

4. Who finds the note Doon and Lina drop down to Ember?
(a) Mrs. Murdo.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Clary.
(d) Mr. Harrow.

5. How long does Lina think they've been in the boat when they come to the final pool?
(a) About three hours.
(b) About twenty minutes.
(c) She doesn't know.
(d) About a whole day.

6. What does Mrs. Murdo have cooked for dinner when Lina gets home with the food from Lizzie?
(a) Spaghetti with tomato sauce.
(b) Green bean casserole.
(c) Pineapples and cake.
(d) Beet and bean stew.

7. What is Lina carrying when she joins Doon at the entrance of the Pipeworks?
(a) Tools.
(b) Poppy.
(c) Food.
(d) Nothing.

8. What color is the moth Doon watches hatch?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Orange.

9. Where do the children put the lighted candles once the boat slows?
(a) In the frame of the boat.
(b) On the flat edge of the paddles.
(c) On top of the boxes.
(d) They each hold one.

10. What time does Doon head to the Pipeworks?
(a) Two o'clock.
(b) Seven o'clock.
(c) Four o'clock.
(d) Three-twenty.

11. Which of the items does Lina say she'll accept from Lizzie and Looper?
(a) Pineapple.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Aplesauce.
(d) Colored paper.

12. What does Lina believe is the most frightening part about the first moments of the ride down the river?
(a) Being slammed into rocks.
(b) Being wet.
(c) Not knowing where they're going.
(d) Going so fast in the dark.

13. Where does Lina hide while waiting to implement her plan?
(a) At the greenhouse.
(b) In the school.
(c) Near the trash can enclosure.
(d) Under a porch.

14. What is Doon thinking about when he goes to check the door in the tunnel?
(a) What pineapple tastes like.
(b) How to get out of Ember.
(c) His green worm.
(d) How hungry he is.

15. What does the word "egress" mean, according to Clary?
(a) Keeper of the animals.
(b) Keeper of the Pipeworks.
(c) Exit.
(d) Enter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Lina wants to do once they figure out how to light a candle?

2. What does Poppy do when Lina and Doon go to put the boat into the river?

3. What does Lina believe the paddles are for?

4. What does Lizzie say is in her sack?

5. What does the sign say Lina and Doon have done wrong?

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