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City of Ember - Chapters 1-5 - Reading Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is different about the city of Ember?

a)

Everything in the city is built out of steel.

b)

In the city, the sky is always dark.

c)

The city was built on an island.

d)

Everyone in the city is blind.

2.

What happened on Assignment Day?

a)

Students chose a job from a bag.

b)

The mayor assigned jobs to students based on their skills.

c)

Students were allowed to choose the jobs they wanted based on their interests.

d)

The students were given one final project to finish at school.

3.

According to Lina, which of the following assignments is considered a "bad" job?

a)

Messenger

b)

Greenhouse helper

c)

pipeworks laborer

d)

babysitter

4.

Who traded jobs with Lina?

a)

Clary

b)

Natty Prine

c)

the mayor

d)

Doon

5.

Why did Doon think that the city was crumbling?

a)

Because they were running out of things and the generator kept failing.

b)

He found rocks everywhere.

c)

He heard an earthquake

d)

He was losing his mind.

6.

Why was Doon so interested in learning about the generator?

a)

He wanted to take it apart and put it back together.

b)

He wanted to fix it and save the city somehow from destruction.

c)

He wanted to see the end of the River.

d)

He wanted to see the beginning of the river.

7.

What did Doon hope to do for the City of Ember one day?

a)

Be the mayor

b)

Be a messenger

c)

Leave the city

d)

Be a hero and save the city.

8.

Why was Lina getting worried about Granny?

a)

She was old

b)

She was becoming more forgetful about things

c)

She was having a mid-life crisis

d)

She lost her job

9.

What did the trash sifters do?

a)

They picked up trash

b)

They were looking for gold

c)

They sifted through the trash to find useable items because Ember was running out of everything.

d)

They were sorting for recyling

10.

Why did Lina feel that the greenhouses were like home?

a)

She loved dirt

b)

It was in her neighborhood

c)

They had the same address

d)

Her father used to work there and it gives her fond memories.

11.

What was happening to the potatoes in Ember?

a)

They were doing great!

b)

They were diseased and starting to rot.

c)

They were being deep fried

d)

They were starting to speak french.

12.

Why didn't Ember have any moveable lights, like flashlights?

a)

They were too expensive

b)

They were too heavy.

c)

They didn't want to waste batteries.

d)

They didn't have bulbs or batteries for flashlights. Torches would burn out too fast.

13.

What does Lina think is found in the unknown regions?

a)

More lightbulbs

b)

More potatoes

c)

A new city filled with light

d)

Another set of trash heaps

14.

What is the light source in the greenhouse that helps the plants grow?

a)

Long light bulbs in the ceiling

b)

the sun

c)

a man made sun

d)

a radiation machine

15.

What were the two colors of pencil Lina purchased?

a)

green and blue

b)

red and green

c)

blue and red

d)

blue and yellow

16.

Who saved Poppy, when she was lost?

a)

Granny

b)

Flute Player

c)

Doon

d)

Lina

17.

Who is the person Lina recognized at Greengate Square?

a)

Looper

b)

Granny

c)

Doon

d)

Sadge Marril

18.

How much did each pencil cost?

a)

1 dollar

b)

10 dollars

c)

4 Miner Money

d)

5 dollars

19.

Who owned the store Lina bought the colored pencils from?

a)

Hooper

b)

Looper

c)

George

d)

Doon

20.

Sadge Merrall claimed that the rats in the unknown regions were the size of ___________.

a)

houses

b)

cars

c)

elephants

d)

dogs