City of Ember Test

Reorder the following events chronologically. (Left being first)

• The city of Ember is established as an underground city with limited resources and a self-sustaining generator to provide light.

• The Mayor, who is aware of the city's deteriorating conditions, opposes Lina and Doon's plan and tries to prevent them from leaving.

• Lina and Doon eventually emerge onto the surface and discover a world different from anything they had known in Ember.

• The protagonist, Lina Mayfleet, and her friend Doon Harrow receive their job assignments on Assignment Day. Lina becomes a messenger, and Doon works in the Pipeworks.

• Lina and Doon decide to follow the instructions in the message and try to find a way out of Ember to a place called "the city beyond."

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following characters to their descriptions:

• Works in the greenhouses

• Looper

• Steals supplies to sell in his shop

• Doon Harrow

• Thinks he can fix the generator

• Clary Jane

• The antagonist in The City of Ember

• Mayor Cole

• Loves to run and asks a lot of questions

• Lina Mayfleet

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who did Lizzie consider to be her boyfriend?

• Doon Harrow

• Sadge Merrall

• Orly Gordon

• Looper

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why does Lina leave Doon at the school?

• She goes to deliver a note to Clary.

• She goes to deliver a note to Mrs. Murdo.

• She gets upset and runs home.

• They part ways forever.

The way out of Ember was __. (select 2)

• down the pathway

• on the river

• up thousands of stairs

• by helicopter

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What did Lina and Doon see as they looked over the cliff in the cave?

• darkness

• the river

• Ember

Match the character with the correct description:

• leader of the messenger fleet

• Captain Fleery

• Showed signs of a troubled mind.

• Doon Harrow

• Lina's baby sister.

• Granny

• Messenger

• Poppy

• Pipeworks Laborer

• Lina Mayfleet

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did Doon really want to work on?

• the generator

• the pipes

• his book

• the Mayor's attitude

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

What is the primary setting of the novel 'City of Ember'?

• An underground city

• A futuristic metropolis

• A deserted island

• A medieval village

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who are the two main protagonists in 'City of Ember'?

• Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow

• Clary Jane and Looper

• Mayor Cole and Sadge Merrall

• Poppy and Mrs. Murdo

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6