City of Ember CH 8-10

What did Doon do after his work was finished?

• Doon played cards.

• Doon raced salamanders.

• Doon explored the tunnels.

• Doon slept.

Doon went to the library to look up ________?

• generators

• fire

• insects

• maps of the city

The books in the library _________.

• contained useful information the Builders thought the people needed to know

• were printed over 300 years earlier

• were bound together with string and paperclips

When Doon couldn't find any useful information about fires, he read about ____________.

• furniture repair

• canning fruits

• the meaning of words and phrases

• fun things to do with string

Doon read the meanings for "heavens above", "hogwash", "batting a thousand", and "all in the same boat" while researching in the library. What could you conclude about the reason the Emberites no longer used these phrases?

• The people of Ember had limited knowledge and the phrases had no special meaning to them

• The people of Ember were taught to use phrases that had only literal meanings

• The Emberites played a few games and these terms were all used in the games

What did Doon think of the document?

• He thought the document was important

• He wasn't interested in the document

• He thought Lina should just throw the document away

What did Lina and Doon see on the other side of the locked door?

• They saw a tunnel leading out of Ember

• They saw a supply closet full of needed materials for Ember

• They were unable to get inside

At the end of Chapter 9, Doon and Lina can best be described as what?

• exhausted

• angry

• puzzled

• excited

While Granny was sick, Lina and Poppy ___________.

• played hide and seek

• drew pictures

• read stories

• played with dolls

Poppy's picture was a scribble. Lina's was ________.

• the generator

• a map of Ember

• the Pipeworks

• a city with a blue sky