WorksheetsCity of Ember Chap 1-6
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
How did the builders of Ember make sure that the instructions would not be seen for 220 years?
The instructions were hidden in the gathering hall behind a painting of the first mayor.
The builders left the instructions in the green house hidden in a pot.
They put them in a box with a timed lock set to open on the proper date that was passed from mayor to mayor.
They hid them in the pipeworks by the generator.
What jobs do Lina and Doon have after they trade on assignment day?
Doon is a messenger and Lina is in the pipeworks
Lina is a messenger and Doon is in the pipeworks
Lina is a supply depot clerk and Doon is an electrician's assistant
Lina is assigned to the greenhouse and Doon is assigned to the supply depot
How does Doon know how to get around in the maze of tunnels in the pipeworks?
He has to memorize the directions Arlin gives him.
There is a GPS system in his watch.
He has to wander around and hope he finds the right tunnel.
He has a map in the pocket of the jacket he was given to wear.
What did Lina want to buy that she felt a "hunger" for it?
potatoes
colored pencils
a coat for granny
a toy for Poppy
What is lost that Poppy finds in the closet?
A small box made of something dark and shiny with a hinged lid, open and hanging backward
A spool of special yarn needed to weave a secret pattern
A cardboard box filled with the junk of decades
A bag of rags with cans of food hidden and forgotten
What is the setting of this novel?
The buildings were ablaze with light and color.
Greek temples sat high on the hill and small villages dotted the landscape.
The mountains and valleys of the wilderness held a secret.
In the City of Ember, the sky was always dark. The only light came from great flood lamps mounted on the buildings.
What form of figurative language: The mayor's heavy cheeks folded like drapes
metaphor
simile
personification
alliteration
What form of figurative language: But the darkness pressed against her and she couldn't summon her voice
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simile
personification
alliteration
What form of figurative language: Somewhere inside her, a black worm of dread stirred
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
Doon says that Ember is not prospering. Why?
People are recycling
Lack of food, lack of assignments
Power outages, shortage of supplies, failing generator
The mayor is not allowing people to work
