City of Ember

What did Doon do in the Pipeworks when his work was fininshed?

• He played cards with other workers.

• He caught up on his sleep.

• He wandered through the tunnels.

• He read books about electricity.

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Clary told Lina the instructions she had piced together were for ---

• finding the way out of the city

• growing food without soil

• repairing old lightbulbs

• contacting the Builders for help

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After the found a way out of Ember, Doon and Lina decided to---.

• turn the boat around and paddle back the way they had come.

• drop a message into the city so others would follow.

• send a warning that it was too dangerous to leave the city by river.

• forget the past and look for new friends in the new world.

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Suddenly Doon spoke up. "But Ember is not prospering!" he cried. "Everything is getting worse and worse.!" These sentences suggest that--

• Doon thinks he can help with the problem of the blackouts.

• Doon thinks he can save the children of Ember.

• Doon thinks he can go to the river to figure things out.

• Doon thinks the generator is too cmplicated.

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In the City of Ember, only three books exist. What are the titles of the books? Select the best answer.

• The Book of Ember

• The Book of Letters

• The Book of Numbers

• All of the above

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What can the reader conclude the Builders were thinking when they made the city?

• The builders thought all the information in the world is in the three books.

• The builders don't want to buy more books for the people of Ember.

• The builders don't want the people of Ember to learn information that may become dangerous.

• The builders are not thinking about the future.

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What happened to Lina and Doon's friendship during their fourth year in school?

• Doon stopped Lina from climbing up the pole, and she became embarrassed when her friends laughed at her.

• Doon got in trouble at school by taking a dare from Lina.

• Doon fell into the river while walking with Lina, and she wouldn't help him get out.

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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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The people of Ember did not know the exact year because ___.

• they had to rely on timekeepers to change the date sign and wind the clock

• the power went off on occasion, and no one knew the exact time to reset the clocks when the power came back on

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Where did Lina go that she was not supposed to go?

• the mayor's bedroom

• the roof of the Gathering Hall

• the storage room

• the kitchen

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