City of Ember Chap 1-6

How did the builders of Ember make sure that the instructions would not be seen for 220 years?

• The instructions were hidden in the gathering hall behind a painting of the first mayor.

• The builders left the instructions in the green house hidden in a pot.

• They put them in a box with a timed lock set to open on the proper date that was passed from mayor to mayor.

• They hid them in the pipeworks by the generator.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What jobs do Lina and Doon have after they trade on assignment day?

• Doon is a messenger and Lina is in the pipeworks

• Lina is a messenger and Doon is in the pipeworks

• Lina is a supply depot clerk and Doon is an electrician's assistant

• Lina is assigned to the greenhouse and Doon is assigned to the supply depot

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How does Doon know how to get around in the maze of tunnels in the pipeworks?

• He has to memorize the directions Arlin gives him.

• There is a GPS system in his watch.

• He has to wander around and hope he finds the right tunnel.

• He has a map in the pocket of the jacket he was given to wear.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did Lina want to buy that she felt a "hunger" for it?

• potatoes

• colored pencils

• a coat for granny

• a toy for Poppy

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is lost that Poppy finds in the closet?

• A small box made of something dark and shiny with a hinged lid, open and hanging backward

• A spool of special yarn needed to weave a secret pattern

• A cardboard box filled with the junk of decades

• A bag of rags with cans of food hidden and forgotten

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the setting of this novel?

• The buildings were ablaze with light and color.

• Greek temples sat high on the hill and small villages dotted the landscape.

• The mountains and valleys of the wilderness held a secret.

• In the City of Ember, the sky was always dark. The only light came from great flood lamps mounted on the buildings.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What form of figurative language: The mayor's heavy cheeks folded like drapes

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What form of figurative language: But the darkness pressed against her and she couldn't summon her voice

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What form of figurative language: Somewhere inside her, a black worm of dread stirred

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Doon says that Ember is not prospering. Why?

• People are recycling

• Lack of food, lack of assignments

• Power outages, shortage of supplies, failing generator

• The mayor is not allowing people to work

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1