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WorksheetsThe City of Ember - all 45 Questions :-)
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 27mins
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 the job assignment they felt they were best suited for.
Which of the following job assignments was considered a "bad" job?
greenhouse helper
timekeeper's assistant
messenger
pipeworks laborer
What condition was the city of Ember in?
brand new buildings
prospering with many new supplies
shortages and blackouts
What did the city look like?
The center of town had skyscrapers with many office buildings, while the edges of the town had small homes where the people lived.
The streets were lined with wooden buildings painted in different colors.
All the streets looked the same with rows of two-story stone buildings. On the street level were shops and above were apartments.
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.
The people of Ember had never _________.
used electricity
kept items that were no longer in use
climbed stairs
met a person from anywhere else
You know that because of Lina's job the city must not have ______.
running water
animals
boats
telephones
The loud sound that Doon heard when he first entered the tunnels was _______.
the generator
the river
workmen with tools
Doon had a talent for _______.
singing
mechanics
bookwork
working with people
What hobby does Doon have?
studying insects
collecting bottle caps
drawing pictures of people
Why was Granny messing up the apartment?
Granny was looking for something that had been lost.
Granny's money had fallen into the couch and she was trying to get it out.
Granny wanted to use the stuffing to make a blanket for Poppy.
Lina dreamed of ______________.
singing in a traveling band
her parents coming back home
a bright city
working in the greenhouses
What did Mrs. Murdo do to help?
Mrs. Murdo cleaned and cooked for Lina, Granny, and Poppy.
Mrs. Murdo took Granny to the market.
Mrs. Murdo helped Lina deliver messages
While buying the pencils Poppy __________.
ate candy
left the shop
broke the vase
chewed on the blanket
While looking for Poppy ___________.
the lights went out
Lina fell and cut her hands
Lina broke her pencils when she ran into the stone wall
What did Mayor Cole say at the town meeting?
A new source of energy had been found.
Everyone must be patient.
The city was running out of supplies.
Solutions were being found.
When Lina got home from the speech Granny was _____.
cooking potato soup
nowhere to be seen
going through the closet
Poppy found ______.
Lina's lost drawings
Granny's left shoe
a box with printed paper inside
photographs of their mother and father
The document from 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
As a child Granny visited the storerooms in Ember with her classmates. The supplies looked like they would never run out. Granny loved one fruit. It was _____________.
pommegranate
pears
peaches
pineapple
After trying to decode the message Lina found an important word. What was it?
Harken Square
Gathering Hall
Pipeworks
Library
"His father had been at least a little bit right: there were interesting things in the Pipeworks if you paid attention. Already he had found three new crawling creatures; a black beetle the size of a pinhead, a moth with furry wings, and the best of all, a creature with a soft, shiny body and a small, spiral-patterned shell on its back. Just after he found this one, while he was sitting on the floor watching in fascination as the creature crept up his arm, a couple of workers came by and saw him. They burst into laughter. "It's bug-boy!" one of them said. "He's collecting bugs for his lunch!"
Enraged, Doon jumped up and shouted at them. His sudden motion made the creature fall off his arm to the ground, and Doon felt a crunch beneath his foot. The laughing workers didn't notice - they tossed a few more taunts at him and walked on - but Doon knew instantly what he's done. He lifted his foot and looked at the squashed mess underneath."
Doon found snail in the passage (text) above
Doon found a butterfly in the passage (text) above
Doon found a moth in the passage (text) above
Doon found a cricket in the passage (text) above
Which of these statements states an opinion?
The river goes through the Pipeworks.
To Lina, this sounded far less interesting than an undiscovered city, but she didn’t say so.
Doon led her up the path beside the water.
Lina stopped at home the next day long enough to change out of her messenger jacket.
Lina draws pictures of ______.
the generator
a map of Ember
the Pipeworks
a city with a blue sky
After Granny died, Lina and Poppy moved in with ___________.
Lizzie
Doon and his father
Mrs. Murdo
Mrs. Murdo home was _______.
messier than Granny's house
old and dirty looking
beautiful and cozy
The people of Ember were frightened because ______.
more and more blackouts were occurring
a fire broke out in Cloving Square
a sickness was going through the town
What is the main conflict in this story?
The town of Ember is unable to support its citizens.
Looper is a thief working for Mayor Cole.
Doon is about to miss curfew, and will be outside after dark.
Lina must trust no one except Clary and Looper.
In the Pipeworks, after climbing down the ladder Doon and Lina found __________.
carvings on the rock wall
a door
a series of steps and paths
When Doon went back to the mysterious door in the Pipeworks. He found the key in ___________.
a small pan
a steel panel
the keyhole
Who helped Lina figure out what “egress” meant?
Looper
Mrs. Murdo
The Mayor
Doon
What was inside the boxes that Lina found in the dark tunnel?
maps
pencils
candles and matches
The way out of Ember was by __________.
a dark narrow tunnel
the river
an opening in the cave wall
Why did the guards say Doon and Lina were lying about the mayor?
The Chief Guard told the other guards that Doon and Lina were lying.
The guards would lose their jobs if they went against the mayor, and would have to spend some time in the prison room.
The guards knew about what the mayor was doing and they wanted it to stay a secret.
Read these events from the second half of the book:
1) Doon gathered his belongings for his journey.
2) Doon wrote a message explaining how to find the rock with the E, the boat room, and the candles
3) Doon and Lina found hundreds of boats with metal boxes and paddles.
4) Doon and Lina went to the school.
5) Doon watched Lina as the guards chased her.
6) Doon watched Lina leave to deliver the note.
Which sequence best describes the order of events?
3, 1, 4, 6, 5, 2
1, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3
3, 1, 4, 2, 6, 5
3, 1, 4, 5, 2, 6
The guards took Lina to ___________.
the prison room
the mayor
the town square
____________ helped Lina escape.
One of the guards
Doon
A blackout
Lina was late meeting Doon because __________.
she waited for Poppy so she could bring her along
she went to tell Looper she was leaving
she went home to get her drawings
Read this paragraph:
Doon managed to get to his feet. He hauled on the rope that held the boat to the bank until he was close enough to reach the knot. He struggled with it. Water splashed into his face. He yanked at the knot, loosened it, pulled the rope free-and the boat shot forward.
This passage implies that ___________.
Lina and Doon will be caught by the guards.
Lina and Doon will escape from Ember.
Lina and Doon will drown in the river.
Lina and Doon will leave Poppy with Mrs. Murdo.
After leaving the boat Doon and Lina followed ________.
a brick road
a wide path
arrows showing the way
The Builders left a message under glass telling the refugees from Ember to _____________________.
turn around and go back to Ember
continue towards a world their ancestors left behind
get ready for a long and dangerous climb
As the sun rose what did Lina and Doon notice?
A city in the distance like the one Lina had dreamed about.
Everything around them was springing to life.
People were on the next hill coming to greet them.
Who found the message from Lina and Doon?
Mrs. Murdo
the Mayor
Looper
the Chief Guard
Read these events from the end of the book:
1) Lina, Doon, and Poppy observe the strange and wonderful world around them.
2) Lina and Doon watch the sun rise.
3) Lina and Doon climb out of the tunnel into the open field.
4) Lina and Doon decide to read the journal.
Which sequence best describes the order of events in the book?
1, 2, 3, 4
2, 4, 1, 3
3, 1, 2, 4
3, 2, 1, 4
The author of “The City of Ember” is Jeanne DuPrau but who is the artist behind the illustrations in the graphic novel?
Niklas Asker
Jeanne DuPrau
Dallas Middaugh
