City of Ember

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

• 5000
• 200
• 60
• 1,000

2. 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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3. What was different about the city of Ember?

• The city was build on an island.
• In the city, the sky was always dark.
• Everything in the city was built of steel.

4. _______ was to keep The Instructions.

• The oldest person in Ember
• The commissioners
• The Mayor
• The Chief Builder

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5. 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.
• The Chief Builder

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8. What condition was the City of Ember in?

• Brand new buildings
• Prospering with many new supplies
• Shortages and blackouts

9. 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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11. Which statement from this chapter contains a CAUSE/EFFECT relationship?

• Lina took off her shoes and socks, wrapped herself around the cold metal pole, and climbed up the light pole.
• Doon wanted to be near the generator, so he traded jobs with Lina.
• One by one the students reached into the sack and drew out job assignments.

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15. What was unusual about the sequence of events in Chapters 2 and 3?

• Ch. 2 & 3 were the same day from the perspective of two different characters.
• Ch. 3 was a flashback to an earlier time in the city of Ember.
• The events in Ch. 3 took place 240 years after the events in Ch. 2

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19. Doon had a talent for:

• singing
• mechanics
• bookwork
• working with people

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