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

2. How do Doon, Lina, and Poppy clean their hands after eating the fruit?
(a) They wipe them on the grass.
(b) They use Doon's bottle of water.
(c) They lick them.
(d) They find a stream.

3. Where does Doon leave the note for his father?
(a) On the kiosk.
(b) At his father's shop.
(c) On the door of the library.
(d) On the ground near the school.

4. How do Lina and Doon plan to tell everyone they've found a way out of Ember?
(a) Announce it at teh beginning of the singing.
(b) Tell the mayor.
(c) They'll take Clary, Mrs. Murdo, Mr. Harrow and leave.
(d) They'll leave a note and go ahead.

5. What does Doon say they have to do about the mayor's secret room?
(a) Tell Clary.
(b) Tell everyone.
(c) Keep it a secret.
(d) Take pictures as proof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the moth Doon watches hatch?

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

3. What do Doon and Lina do for most of the day after reading the book?

4. What happens to give Lina a head start on her escape plan?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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 does Doon consider telling his father when his father asks if Doon is worried about something?

5. How does Lina get Poppy down to the ledge where the boats are and why is she certain she can make it?

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

7. What does Clary say about everyone having darkness inside them and why does Lina know Clary is right?

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

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

10. Why does Clary say the instructions are "hopeful"?

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