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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does Lizzie get off work?
(a) Five o'clock.
(b) Seven o'clock.
(c) Four o'clock.
(d) Six o'clock.

2. What does Lina figure out is the work on the document that ends with "orks"?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) Pipeworks.
(c) Forks.
(d) Dorks.

3. What two colored pencils does Lina purchase?
(a) Red and blue.
(b) Blue and green.
(c) Green and orange.
(d) Yellow and purple.

4. What does Doon believe are his two possible courses of action?
(a) Fix the generator or find a way out.
(b) Learn to grow more food or find a key to the locked door.
(c) Ask the mayor for help or ask Lina for help.
(d) Do nothing or figure out how to make movable light.

5. Who is Alis Fleery?
(a) Lina's grandmother.
(b) The chief messenger.
(c) Lina's neighbor.
(d) Doon's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doon say he usually dreams about?

2. What does Dr. Tower have in her hands when she tells Lina that her mother died?

3. What does Lina do with the message she writes to the mayor?

4. Which of the following is a fact taught by the Book of the City of Ember?

5. What kind of soup does Lina make for Granny?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lina and Doon are trying to figure out a way into the strange door Doon finds in the Pipeworks?

2. Why does Lina decide she can't ask the mayor to come to her house to see the instructions?

3. What is the plan the Builders have for ensuring the people of Ember can find their way out of the city at the correct time?

4. What does Granny say she saw on her tour of the storerooms as a child and why do children Lina's age not get the opportunity to tour the storerooms?

5. Describe what lies beyond the light from Ember and what people know about that area.

6. What happens as Lina is looking for Poppy outside Looper's store and what is the decision Lina struggles with during those few minutes?

7. What does Doon believe he's going to be able to do once he's working in the Pipeworks and why does he believe this?

8. Describe the pencils Looper has for sale and Lina's reaction to them.

9. What is Clary's job and what does she give Lina on the day they see the man coming back from the Unknown Regions?

10. What are the other tragedies Lina thinks about as she stays home from work to take care of Granny?

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