CIty of Ember Quiz 1 - Chapters 1,2,3

The builders said the people must live in the city of Ember for at least ____ years before leaving.

• 5000

• 200

• 60

• 100

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

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______ was to keep the instructions for leaving the city of Ember.

• The oldest person in Ember

• The commissioners

• The mayor

• The chief builder

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

What happened to the chief builder's plan for the box?

• One mayor died before he could tell his successor about the box.

• The box was broken into, and its contents were stolen.

• The box was destroyed by a hammer.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What was different about the city of Ember?

• The city was built on an island.

• In the city the sky was always dark.

• The weather stayed the same year round in the city of Ember.

• Everything in the city of Ember was built of steel.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

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 job assignments based on their talents.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

According to Lina, which one of the following job assignments was considered a "bad" job?

• greenhouse helper

• timekeeper's assistant

• messenger

• pipeworks laborer

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why did Doon want to trade jobs with Lina?

• Lina had an easier job.

• Doon had a broken leg and would not be able to run all over Ember with messages.

• Doon wanted to work on the generator near the Pipeworks.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

The main idea of Chapter I "Assignment Day" is __________ .

• Doon and Lina are such good friends that Doon will trade his good job for Lina's bad job.

• The students of Ember find out what they will be doing for the next three years.

• The mayor of Ember with his vast, heavy build was a tyrant who loved to boss the students around.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

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