How is it decided which job each of the students will get on assignment day?

Students picked a job from a small cloth sack

Students were allowed to pick job assignments based on their talents.

The mayor of Ember assigned jobs to the students based on their skills

Students put on a talking hat which tells them which job they will work

What is the author's purpose of beginning with the prologue, "The Instructions?"

to establish the time and place of the story

What is the effect of using figurative language to describe Luna's luck?

It shows that her classmates think that "Pipeworks Laborer" is the worst possible job.

It explains why no one likes Luna.

It shows that Messenger is the best job.

It explains that Luna always has bad luck, no matter what she does.

What phrase best describes the current condition of the City of Ember?

Shortages of items and blackouts

Prospering with many new supplies

Bright and natural with lots of trees

Which statement from Chapter 1 is an opinion?

The mayor should go on a diet so that he would not get out of breath so easily.

The mayor was a man with a gray face.

On Assignment Day the classroom was silent.

Doon sat in the second row with his shoulders hunched, his eyes squeezed shut and his hands clasped together.

What is the rumor about light-bulbs?

Specific kinds of light-bulbs are running out

People are stealing light-bulbs off the streets

Lights are burning out faster than they used to

A new kind of light-bulb was just invented that never burns out

What does Granny do to make money?

She unravells old clothes to sell the yarn and thread

She is a babysitter for richer people

She sells new clothing to people

What does this quote tell you about the theme of friendship in the novel? " Once they were out the door, Lizzie said goodbye and scurried away, as if Lina's bad luck were a disease she might catch."

Lizzie is probably not a very good friend.

Real friends leave you when your luck is not good.

Lizzie is a good friend to Lina.

Most people would not stick around to comfort a friend in need of support.

What was different about the city of Ember?

In the city the sky was always dark.

Everything in the city was built of steel.

Everything in the city was built of wood.

The city was built on an Island

Why do people not really know what the date is in the City of Ember?

Some Timekeepers were bad at their jobs and did not wind the clock

Batteries have run out so there are no more watches or clocks

The darkness makes it hard to read the clock

The main clock in Time Square was destroyed during the blackout of year 209

How does Doon know where he needs to go in order to not get lost within the pipeworks?

Doon was given a map of the pipeworks

The tunnels all lead to the same place so you can't get lost

There are a string of lights along the floor that guide people

Doon has been down here before and already knows his way

After Doon tells the old man in the generator room that he wants to learn about the generator, the old man doesn't reply. Why not?

The generator was too loud and no one could hear anyone else

The old man did not want to talk to Doon

The old man was eating lunch and didn't want to be interrupted

The old man was too busy fixing the generator

After leaving the generator room, Doon is horrified. Why is he horrified?

After looking at the generator he still had no idea how to fix it properly.

Doon feels alone because none of the other workers like him.

The job that he received in the pipeworks was worse than he initially thought.

Doon gets lost in the tunnels and realizes he doesn't know his way back.

Why does Doon feel like he would be able to understand the generator when other people who have worked on it their entire lives does not?

He felt he was smarter than other people.

He once found a secret book that told him of electricity.

His father was a master mechanic and could help him understand.

The generator wasn't very complicated in the first place.

What is Doon's father's advice to Doon after Doon feels unsure of how to help the city?

Pay close attention to everything

Make his own notes about solutions he can come up with to help the pipeworks

Keep working as hard as he can in the pipeworks

Go and talk to the mayor about what's wrong

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