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City of Ember Chapters 5-8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened while Lina was looking for pencils?

a)

Poppy ran off during the blackout.

b)

Poppy stole a colored pencil.

c)

Lina bumped into Doon.

d)

Lina did not see her favorite colors.

2.

Who found Poppy and was keeping her safe?

a)

The Mayor

b)

Mrs. Murdo

c)

Granny

d)

Doon

3.

What was different about his blackout?

a)

The lights never came back on.

b)

The lights came back on immediately.

c)

It was twice as long as any other blackout.

d)

The lights were out all day.

4.

How much did EACH colored pencil cost?

a)

$1.50

b)

$100

c)

$5 for a pack of 6

d)

$5

5.

What was special about Thursday?

a)

They could get free food from the supply depot.

b)

Workers ages 12-15 had the day off.

c)

Taco Thursday, of course.

d)

I do not know.

6.

Who told the citizens of Ember that solutions were being found to prevent the electricity from going out again?

a)

Granny

b)

Doon

c)

Lina

d)

The Mayor

7.

What do you infer Poppy was chewing on at the end of this chapter?

a)


yarn from Granny's shop

b)

Lina's final report card from school

c)

The Instructions from the Builders

d)

a letter from Lina's dad

8.

Why was Doon angry after the town meeting with the mayor?

a)


His dad made him leave early

b)


Doon knows the Mayor is lying.

c)


Doon wanted to get out of Ember right then.

d)


Doon was not angry. He was scared.

9.

What was Granny cleaning out when Lina got home?

a)

the fridge

b)

her shop

c)

the closet

d)

Lina's bedroom

10.

The reader can conclude the word "frayed" mean?

The edges of the couch cushions were frayed and torn from years of use.

a)

Worn at the ends

b)

Brand new

c)

Shiny and clean

11.

After the blackout, Lina knew Doon was right and that Ember was in GRAVE danger. What is the definition of the word GRAVE?

a)

Unimportant

b)

Joyous

c)

Little

d)

Serious

12.

The Believers thought that ___.

a)

they were going to find more food

b)


the city would be saved by magic

c)


the people of Ember would discover a way to leave the city

d)


the Builders were coming back to help the people of Ember

13.

Next Lina decided to talk to Lizzie Bisco about the document because ___.

a)


her father was Mayor Cole

b)


she knew how to read secret codes

c)

she was quick and smart

d)

her grandfather built the city

14.

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 ___.

a)

watermelon

b)

pineapple

c)

peaches

d)

kiwi

15.

After trying to decode the message Lina found an important word. What was it?

a)

Doon

b)

Pipeworks

c)

Gathering Hall

d)

Library

16.

Read these events from Chapter 7.

1. Doon told his father that he thought the mayor was a fool after hearing his speech.

2. A notice was posted informing the people of Ember that Mayor Cole was holding a town meeting.

3. Lina carried the same message twelve times about the seven-minute-long blackout.

4. Mayor Cole spoke to the Emberites about solutions.

Which sequence best describes the order of events in this chapter.

a)

1,2,3,4

b)

4,3,2,1

c)

2,1,4,3

d)

3,2,4,1

17.

What did Doon hope to find in the Pipeworks?

a)

Bugs

b)

Something Important

c)

A way out

d)

Treasure

18.

What did Doon try to invent?

a)

a moveable light

b)

a generator

c)

a new bug

d)

a new city

19.

What was the problem with the book about fire that Doon found?

a)


It was too difficult to understand

b)


It was missing pages

c)

It was written in another language

d)


It mostly described the dangers of fire

20.

Doon finds the word Hogwash in a book. What does the word hogwash mean?

a)

Something is smelly

b)

To do something that is nonsense

c)

to have fun doing something

d)

washing a hog