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WorksheetsThe People of Sparks Ch 7-9
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why were many of the people from Ember fainting?
They were dizzy from spinning around.
It smelled funny in the hotel.
It was really hot and they weren't used to the sun.
They saw something that scared them.
When Ordney and Martha got tired of answering Doon's questions, who offered to help him?
Kenny
Lina
Tick
Dr. Hester
What was in the "Ark"?
Clothing and lightbulbs.
Different kinds of food.
Boxes full of books.
Nothing but spiders and cobwebs.
What are the Emberites noticing about their food?
They are getting too much food.
The people of Sparks aren't feeding them anymore.
The food tastes funny.
They seem to be getting less food.
What did the Emberites bring up in conversation during one of their lunches?
They wanted more food.
They wanted didn't want to sleep at the hotel anymore.
They wanted more money.
They needed new clothes.
The people from Ember were divided into work groups. Who was their leader?
Tick Hassler.
The oldest person in their group.
The youngest person in their group.
A person from Sparks.
What was the first thing they people from Ember had to dig/build?
Toilets
Gardens
Boats
Houses
What are the houses in Sparks made from?
Bricks
Earth/dirt
Stones
Wood
How did Doon feel when Kenny asked him if he was the one who had found the way out?
Worried
Sad
Angry
Proud
Besides Kenny, who gives Doon a compliment about being brave and bringing them to Sparks?
Dr. Hester
Edward Pocket
Tick Hassler
Torren
Tick has big plans - what does he want the people of Ember to do?
To fix up the hotel and make it a nice place to live.
To pack up everything they have and move somewhere else.
To try to take over the city of Sparks.
To move out of the hotel and into houses of their own.
What amazes Lina about Dr. Hester?
She is really disorganized and there is stuff everywhere.
She is super organized and everything is labeled perfectly.
She is very rude and doesn't want them staying in her home.
She isn't a very good doctor.
What were some of the chores Lina did at Dr. Hester's house?
Clean the bathrooms, watered the garden and planted new food.
Make medicines, do the dishes and clean the bathroom.s
Watered the garden, cleaned up messes and fed the chickens.
Did the laundry, took care of Torren and made dinner.
What is a roamer?
A kind of animal that lives in Sparks.
A person who works hard in the fields all day.
A plant Dr. Hester uses in her medicines.
A person who goes out to the Empty Lands and brings new things back.
What does Lina find out about Caspar and Torren?
They are cousins.
They are both very rude people.
Caspar is a roamer and Torren wants to be one some day too.
Torren and Caspar want to start their own city.
How long has it been since Torren has seen Caspar?
Almost 2 years.
Less than 1 year.
Almost 2 months.
More than 2 years.
What did Lina teach herself to do?
Use a can opener.
Make medicine.
Cook using the stove.
Ride a bike.
When Lina visits Doon for the first time, he is preoccupied. Why?
He doesn't want to be her friend anymore.
He is paying attention to Tick and the other boys.
He's worried about living in the hotel.
He is sad that Poppy is sick.
What were some of the special things the roamers brought back with them?
Cooking pots, jewelry, doorknobs and soap flakes.
Plants, food, sunglasses and hairbrushes.
Books, groceries, stamps and letters.
Paper, colored pencils, books and boxes.
How did the people of Sparks get the "new" things from the roamers?
They paid a lot of money for each item.
They pushed everyone out of the way and grabbed what they could.
They yelled out what they wanted to trade for the items.
They stole it.
