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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 Lina say she told Mrs. Murdo when she took Poppy?

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

3. What does Poppy find and almost chew on?

4. Where do Doon and Lina hide during the day?

5. Where does Lina tell Mrs. Murdo she's going to do when Doon comes to get her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first sight that meets the children when they emerge from the tunnel?

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

3. How do Doon and Lina decide what to do with the information that the mayor is stealing?

4. What does the writer say is the reason for building Ember?

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What happens that allows Lina to discover what Lizzie has in her sack and what are some of the canned items in the sack?

10. How do Doon and Lina find the path that leads up from the river?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe school in Ember. Compare that to your own school.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Lina and Doon. How are they similar? How are they different? How does each impact the other?

Essay Topic 3

What is the most important setting of the book? Why do you consider this an important setting? Fully describe the setting.

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