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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Builders said the people of Ember must live in the city for at least _________ years.
5000
1000
50
200
- 2. Multiple Choice
______ was to keep the instructions for leaving the city of Ember.
The oldest person in Ember
The commissioners
The mayor
The chief builder
- 3. Multiple Choice
What happened to the chief builder's plan for the box?
One mayor died before he could tell his successor about the box.
The box was broken into, and its contents were stolen.
The box was destroyed by a hammer.
The box was thrown into the river.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was different about the city of Ember?
Everything in the city of Ember was built of steel.
The city was built on an island.
In the city the sky was always dark.
The weather stayed the same year round in the city of Ember
- 5. Multiple Choice
What happened 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.
The students were given one final project to do for school.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Students were assigned to their jobs for _____________ years.
4
3
6
2
- 7. Multiple Choice
According to Lina, which one of the following job assignments was considered a "bad" job?
greenhouse helper
timekeeper's assistant
messenger
pipeworks laborer
- 8. Multiple Choice
What condition was the city of Ember in?
brand new buildings
prospering with many new supplies
shortages and blackouts
recently built city full of possibilities
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did Doon want to trade jobs with Lina?
Lina had an easier job.
Doon wanted to work on the generator near the Pipeworks.
Doon loved working with water and pipes
Doon had a broken leg and would not be able to run all over Ember with messages.
- 10. Multiple Choice
The main idea of Chapter I "Assignment Day" is __________ .
The students of Ember find out what they will be doing for the next three years.
Doon and Lina are such good friends that Doon will trade his good job for Lina's bad job.
The mayor of Ember with his vast, heavy build was a tyrant who loved to boss the students around.
It teaches young readers about responsibility in a perfect world
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which statement from this chapter contains a cause-effect relationship?
Lina took off her shoes and socks, wrapped herself around the cold metal pole, and climbed up the light pole.
Doon wanted to be near the generator, so he traded jobs with Lina.
One by one the students reached into the sack and drew out job assignments.
In the city of Ember, the sky was always dark.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which statement from this chapter is an opinion?
On Assignment Day the classroom was completely silent.
The mayor should go on a diet so that he would not get out of breath so easily
The mayor was a vast, heavy man with a gray, face.
Doon sat in the second row with his shoulders hunched, his eyes squeezed shut and his hands clasped together.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Based on Chapter 1 one could conclude all the following EXCEPT ______________.
Chet will fix the generator, and there will be no more blackouts
messenger was a fun job because they were able to move freely through the city and not have to work behind a desk
Ember is a dreary place to live with a dark sky all the time
the students were always excited on Assignment Day because they discovered what they would be doing for the next three years
- 14. Multiple Choice
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.
- 15. Multiple Choice
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.
- 16. Multiple Choice
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.
- 17. Multiple Choice
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.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Poppy was _____________ years old
5
1 and a half
10
7
- 19. Multiple Choice
The people of Ember had never _________.
used electricity
kept items that were no longer in use
climbed stairs
meet a person from elsewhere
- 20. Multiple Choice
You know that because of Lina's job, the city must not have ______
Running water
Boats
Telephones
Animals
- 21. Multiple Choice
Red dot meant _______.
To stop
You did something wrong
Move to the next activity
- 22. Multiple Choice
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
- 23. Multiple Choice
Where did Lina go that she was not supposed to go?
he mayor's bedroom
the roof of the Gathering Hall
the storage room
the kitchen
- 24. Multiple Choice
Doon's first day on the job must have been ______________.
Dreadful
Exciting
Embarrassing
Wonderful
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