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

2. What does Poppy find and almost chew on?

3. What does Doon grab from his room before going with Lina?

4. Whose hand does Lina hold when they emerge from the tunnel?

5. How many boxes do Lina and Doon find behind the door?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Doon and Lina figure out how the candles work?

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

3. Where does Lizzie first tell Lina she got the canned items and what does she eventually reveal as the truth?

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

5. How do Doon and Lina learn the guards are planning to arrest them for spreading vicious rumors?

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

7. Describe the room Mrs. Murdo says Lina can share with Poppy.

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

9. What is the message from the notice on the wall at the beginning of the path?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Assignment Day. How are jobs assigned? What's wrong with this method? What could have been done differently?

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 happens each time the lights go off in the city of Ember? What happens when the lights go off on the day Lina is buying the pencils? What does Lina fear will someday happen when the lights go off? Why do the lights go off?

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