City of Ember Final Quiz

Which of these is NOT getting worse in the City of Ember?

• supply shortages

• power outages

• food shortages

• rat infestations

Why are Clary's crops not growing?

• disease

• fire

• greed

There is a letter E carved in a rock in the pipeworks. What did that E likely stand for?

• Egress

• Ember

• Enter

• Everybody was Kung Fu fighting!

Doon borrows things and barges into places without much thought. Why do you think this is?

• Doon probably thinks that waiting to ask permission is a waste of time. Ember is dying and time is precious.

• Doon probably feels uncomfortable talking to strangers, so he avoids making eye-contact and keeps to himself.

• Doon probably thinks that he has ideas that are surperior to the mindless rule-followers around him and it's more important that he save Ember then worry about hurting someone's feelings.

• Doon probably has an over-inflated ego and is extremely self-assured. He doesn't worry about consequences because no one in Ember would bother with punishing him - he's too important.

Why did the Builders keep things like flashlights, candles, and lanterns a secret from the people of Ember?

• Lanterns were a common cause of finger burns in the "olden days" before the city of Ember was built. Therefore, all lanterns were banned by the Builders.

• Flashlights run on batteries and there was not enough space in the store rooms for batteries next to all the pineapple.

• Candles cause fires and Ember had no way of putting out fires.

• All of these are portable sources of light. Letting the citizens of Ember have portable lights would allow them to be curious and go exploring. This could have led to lots of dangers for the people of Ember, as they needed to stay underground for at least 200 years.

When being chased by the guards, where did Lina and Doon hide?

• In the jailhouse, because no one would have looked for them there.

• In the school, because it was closed for a holiday.

• In Clary's greenhouse, because it was under quarantine from the potato disease.

• In the mayor's secret room because so few people knew about it.

What is something that Lina and Doon did NOT need for their escape from Ember?

• lanterns

• boats

• head lamps

• the Mayor's ring of keys

• Captain Fleery's map

How did Lina escape from the Mayor's clutches?

• She threw a can of pineapples and snuck out while he chased after it.

• She escaped during a blackout.

• She slipped through the door and he was too massive to chase her.

• She is such a fast runner that she simply outran him.

Once they got outside, what was the first thing that Lina and Doon saw?

• the sun

• the grass

• the moon

• the city of Sparks

Reading the journal, Lina and Doon learned about the start of Ember. Why were the first citizens of Ember all strangers older than 60, and a hundred unrelated babies?

• By being strangers, there would be fewer memories between the adults.

• The adults were instructed to forget everything they knew about the world they lived in before.

• Only single people wanted to volunteer for the project, so everyone was already strangers before the city began.

• The old people would eventually die, taking their memories with them.

• The second generation of Ember would be perfectly content not knowing the world they had left behind. Not missing the sun, and wind, and birds.