The City of Ember

The document in the box sparked Lina's curiosity. Because of this document we know the city of Ember did not have

• printed labels

• computers or typewriters

• certificates

• licenses

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Lina thought the document was

• directions for building the city

• a recipe from the first people in Ember

• instructions for saving the city

• someone's homework

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The believers thought that

• the Builders were coming back to help the people of Ember

• the city would be saved by magic

• the people of Ember would discover a way to leave the city

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Which statement from this chapter contains a cause-effect relationship?

• No one was sitting at the Guard's desk, so Lina left the note there, placed so the guard would see it when he arrived.

• Lina made the best soup for dinner which Granny stirred and stirred without eating.

• At the Supply Depot, crowds of shopkeepers stood in long disorderly lines that stretched out the door.

• Lina sat down at her table and uncovered the patched-together document to write down what she decoded.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

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What did Doon do after his work was finished?

• Doon played cards

• Doon raced salamanders

• Doon explored the tunnels

• Doon slept

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.2.1

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

• Chapter 2 and 3 were the same day from the perspective of two different characters.

• Chapter 3 was a flashback to an earlier time in the city of Ember.

• The events in Chapter 3 took place 240 years after the events in Chapter 2.

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What did Poppy discover in the closet Granny was going through?

• Lina's colored pencils

• The lost instructions for the city of Ember.

• Granny's coat.

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How does Doon find his way around the Pipeworks?

• Doon uses a compass.

• Signs were painted throughout the Pipeworks.

• All the workers were supplied with a map.

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During his lunch break, Doon

• went to see the generator.

• meet friends a few tunnels down.

• went out of the tunnels to find Lina.

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What happened to Sadge?

• Sadge went outside the lighted areas of Ember and became frightened.

• Sadge fell off the ladder while working on the sprinkler system in the greenhouse and cut his hands.

• Sadge ran into a wild animal in the trash heap and was hurt trying to escape from it.

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