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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 Mayor Cole hold in his hand when he arrives in the classroom for Assignment Day?
2. Which of the following is a fact taught by the Book of the City of Ember?
3. What does Lina do with the message she writes to the mayor?
4. What is the food most people in Ember eat almost every day?
5. Why does Clary say she told Lina to leave when Sadge arrived?
Short Essay Questions
1. List at least three of the jobs that are included in the list of jobs given out to Lina, Doon, and their classmates. Briefly described those jobs.
2. What happens when Granny wakes Lina in the middle of the night and what does Lina discover when she wakes the following morning?
3. Who does Lina show the instructions to first and what is that person's reaction?
4. What is the message the mayor gives during the town hall meeting in chapter six and what it the reaction of the people to his message?
5. What does Nammy Proggs say to Lina after Lina finds Poppy at Doon's father's store?
6. 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?
7. What happens when Lina and Doon are trying to figure out a way into the strange door Doon finds in the Pipeworks?
8. 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?
9. What does Doon say about the situation in Ember and what is the Mayor's reaction?
10. What is Assignment Day and how are assignments given?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe how Lina comes to have the instructions for leaving Ember. How does she finally figure out what the instructions mean? How might the lives of the people of Ember have been different if the mayors had completed their duties with regard to handing down the box?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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