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WorksheetsEmber Quiz Ch 2 - 5
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 26mins
What did the city look like?
The center of town had skyscrapers with many office buildings, while the edges of the town had small homes where the people lived.
The streets were lined with wooden buildings painted in different colors.
All the streets looked the same with rows of two-story stone buildings. On the street level were shops and above were apartments.
What happened to Lina and Doon's friendship during their fourth year in school?
Doon stopped Lina from climbing up the pole, and she became embarrassed when her friends laughed at her.
Doon got in trouble at school by taking a dare from Lina.
Doon fell into the river while walking with Lina, and she wouldn't help him get out.
What job did Granny have?
Granny worked in the greenhouses planting vegetables.
Granny was a seamstress. She made clothes for the people of Ember.
Granny unraveled sweaters and picked apart clothes so people could use them to make new clothes.
What happened to Lina's parents?
They died two years before.
They moved to the next city to find better work.
Their jobs required them to travel, so they were not home much.
Red dot meant _______.
to stop
you did something wrong
move to the next activity
The people of Ember did not know the exact year because __________.
they had to rely on timekeepers to change the date sign and wind the clock
the power went off on occasion, and no one knew the exact time to reset the clocks when the power came back on
The Gathering Hall was __________.
shabby
impressive
elegant
Where did Lina go that she was not supposed to go?
the mayor's bedroom
the roof of the Gathering Hall
the storage room
the kitchen
Doon's first day on the job must have been __________.
dreadful
exciting
embarrassing
wonderful
Another title for Chapter 2 could be __________.
The First Day on the Job
The Dance
The City of Ember
A Shabby Town
Which information best fits in the story web?
prepared beet soup for Granny and Poppy
received a red dot
took a message to Mayor Cole
traded jobs with Doon
The loud sound that Doon heard when he first entered the tunnels was ______.
the generator
the river
workmen with tools
How was Doon to find his way around the Pipeworks?
Doon used a compass.
Signs were painted throughout the Pipeworks.
All workers were supplied with a map
Doon calculated that he was ______ feet underground.
10
5
50
30
During his lunch break Doon ______.
went to see the generator
met friends a few tunnels down
went out of the tunnels to find Lina
Doon had a talent for ______.
singing
mechanics
bookwork
working with people
What was unusual about the sequence of events in Chapters 2 and 3?
Chapters 2 and 3 were the same day from the prospective of two different characters.
Chapter 3 was a flashback to an earlier time in the city of Ember.
The events in Chapter 3 took place 240 years after the events in Chapter 2.
Doon's father made his living by ______.
delivering vegetables
guarding the mayor
repairing the generator
selling small parts
What hobby does Doon have?
studying insects
collecting bottle caps
drawing pictures of people
Why was Granny tearing up the couch?
Granny was looking for something that had been lost.
Granny's money had fallen into the couch and she was trying to get it out.
Granny wanted to use the stuffing to make a blanket for Poppy
What new job was recently created in Ember?
daycare workers
caregivers for the elderly
trash sifters
What happened to Sadge?
Sadge went outside the lighted areas of Ember, and became frightened.
Sadge fell off the ladder while working on the sprinkler system in the greenhouse and cut his hands.
Sadge ran into a wild animal in the trash heap, and was hurt trying to escape from it.
What did Mrs. Murdo do to help Lina's family?
Mrs. Murdo cleaned and cooked for Lina, Granny, and Poppy.
Mrs. Murdo took Granny to the market.
Mrs. Murdo helped Lina deliver messages.
Looper sold the pencils for __________.
50 cents each
$1.00 each
$5.00 each
$.75 each
Lina bought the green and (a) pencils.
While buying the pencils Poppy (a) .
(a) found Poppy when she was lost.
How long was the blackout?
7 minutes
3 minutes
2 minutes
10 minutes
What did Mayor Cole say at the town meeting?
A new source of energy had been found.
Everyone must be patient.
The city was running out of supplies.
Solutions were being found.
After Mayor Cole’s speech the people of Ember felt __________.
angry
content
excited
When Lina got home from the speech, Granny was _____.
Poppy found _____.
Lina's lost drawings
Granny's left shoe
a box with printed paper inside
photographs of their mother and father
Why do you think Lina was willing to pay the outrageous price for the colored pencils?
Which emotion best describes Lina in Chapter 5 "On Night Street"?
worried
carefree
excited
impatient
The people of Ember were frightened because ______.
more and more blackouts were occurring
a fire broke out in Cloving Square
a sickness was going through the town
What is the main problem that the citizens of Ember face?
Constant earthquakes
A shortage of food
The city's lights are failing
Invasion by outsiders
What role does Lina have in the city of Ember?
She is a messenger
She is a teacher
She is a scientist
She is a mayor
What do the citizens of Ember believe about the world outside their city?
That it is a paradise
That it is uninhabitable
That it is filled with monsters
That it doesn't exist
