The City of Ember - all 45 Questions :-)

What happened on assignment day?

• Students picked a job from a small cloth sack.

• The mayor of Ember assigned jobs to the students based on their skills.

• Students were allowed to pick the job assignment they felt they were best suited for.

Which of the following job assignments was considered a "bad" job?

• greenhouse helper

• timekeeper's assistant

• messenger

• pipeworks laborer

What condition was the city of Ember in?

• brand new buildings

• prospering with many new supplies

• shortages and blackouts

What did the city look like?

• The center of town had skyscrapers with many office buildings, while the edges of the town had small homes where the people lived.

• The streets were lined with wooden buildings painted in different colors.

• All the streets looked the same with rows of two-story stone buildings. On the street level were shops and above were apartments.

What job did Granny have?

• Granny worked in the greenhouses planting vegetables.

• Granny was a seamstress. She made clothes for the people of Ember.

• Granny unraveled sweaters and picked apart clothes so people could use them to make new clothes.

The people of Ember had never _________.

• used electricity

• kept items that were no longer in use

• climbed stairs

• met a person from anywhere else

You know that because of Lina's job the city must not have ______.

• running water

• animals

• boats

• telephones

The loud sound that Doon heard when he first entered the tunnels was _______.

• the generator

• the river

• workmen with tools

Doon had a talent for _______.

• singing

• mechanics

• bookwork

• working with people

What hobby does Doon have?

• studying insects

• collecting bottle caps

• drawing pictures of people