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City of Ember Chapters 8 - 14

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

The books in the library _________.

a)

contained useful information the Builders thought the people needed to know

b)

were printed over 300 years earlier

c)

were bound together with string and paperclips

2.

When Doon couldn't find any useful information about fires, he read about ____________.

a)

furniture repair

b)

canning fruits

c)

the meaning of words and phrases

d)

fun things to do with string

3.

What did Doon think of the document?

a)

He thought the document was important

b)

He wasn't interested in the document

c)

He thought Lina should just throw the document away

4.

Doon took Lina inside the Pipeworks to ______________.

a)

the wall of carvings

b)

the locked door

c)

see the generator

5.
Where are Poppy and Lina going to live now that Granny has passed away? 
a)
with Mrs. Murdo
b)
with Clary
c)
With Doon and his father
d)
with Lizzie and her parents
6.
Why were the items in Lizzie's sack so surprising for Lina and the children to see?
a)
They were supplies that had run out at the storerooms
b)
They were items the city had never had
c)
They were in weird containers
d)
They were poisonous
7.

Who was Lizzie getting the "special" canned food from?

a)

Doon

b)

Mayor Cole

c)

Granny

d)

Looper

8.
How was Looper getting materials into the secret room without being caught?
a)
He entered through a hatch in the celing
b)
he used  badge to enter the pipeworks
c)
He swam up the river
d)
He came down the elevator
9.
Lina thought what Looper and Lizzie were doing was ....
a)
interesting but unfair
b)
interesting and awesome
c)
awesome and mysterious
d)
cruel and silly
10.
What does Doon find inside the locked door?
a)
a room full of food and supplies
b)
a tunnel leading to the outside world
c)
a secret meeting room for the guards
d)
a restaurant for the pipeworks laborers
11.

Who was in the room full of supplies?

a)

a sneaky snake

b)

Mayor Cole

c)

Lizzie

d)

Granny

12.
Who do Lina and Doon decide to tell about the secret room they had uncovered?
a)
The guards
b)
Doon's Father
c)
Mrs. Murdo
d)
Captain Fleery
13.
How did Lina come to realize it was Looper who she had seen walk out of the secret room?
a)
She noticed his limp while walking
b)
She saw his face
c)
Lizzie told her it was Looper
d)
She recognized a jacket he was wearing
14.
What does EGRESS mean?
a)
to exit
b)
to stay
c)
to riot
d)
to run fast
15.

The key was in

a)

a small pan

b)

a steel panel

c)

the key hole

d)

Ms. Pacos's front door

16.

After climbing down the ladder Doon and Lina found______.

a)

carvings on the rock wall

b)

a door

c)

a series of steps and paths

17.
What important item(s) did Lina and Doon discover that they had never seen before?
a)
a car
b)
matches/candles
c)
a lifejacket
d)
flashlights with batteries
18.

Another title for Ch. 14 could be_______________.

a)

The Rehearsal

b)

Mayor Arrested!

c)

Piecing Together the Instructions

d)

Looper's arrest

19.

At 12:00 when everyone left work early for the singing, what happened?

a)

Doon and Lina went down to the river to find the exit

b)

Doon went to Tunnel 351 to find the mayor

c)

Lina went to visit Clary in the greenhouses

20.

The way out of Ember was by

a)

a dark narrow tunnel

b)

the river

c)

an opening in the cave wall