The City of Ember (Chapters 1 - 6)

What was different about the city of Ember?

• The city was build on an Island
•  In the city the sky was always dark. 
• Everything in the city of was built of steel.

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What happened on assignment day?

• Students picked a job from a small cloth sack
• The mayor of Ember assigned jobs to the students based on their skills
• Students were allowed to pick job assignments based on their talents.

Students were assigned to their jobs for ________ years.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which one of the following job assignemnts weas considered a "Bad" job?

• Greenhouse helper
• Timekeeper's assistant
• Messenger
• Pipeworks Labourer

What condition was the City of Ember in?

• Brand new buildings
• Prospering with many new supplies
• Shortages and blackouts

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Why did Doon want to trade jobs with Lina?

• Lina had an easier job?
• Doon had a broken leg and would not be able to run all over Ember with messages.
• Doon wanted to work on the generator near Pipeworks.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

The main idea of Chapter 1 "Assignment Day" is ______________________.

• Doon and Lina are such good friends that Doon will trade his good job for Lina's bad job
• The students of Ember find out what they will be doing for the next three years.
• The mayor of Ember with his vast, heavy build was a tyrant who loved to boss the students around.

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Which Statement from this chapter is an opinion?

• Doon sat in the second row with his shoulders hunched, his eyes squeezed shut and his hands clasped together.
• The mayor was a man with a gray face.
• The mayor should go on a diet so that he would not get out of breath so easily.
• On Assignment Day the classroom was silent.

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The builders said the people must live in the city of Ember for at least _______________ years before leaving.

• 5000
• 200
• 60
• 1000

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______________________ was to keep the instructions for leavign the city of Ember.

• The oldest person in Ember
• The commissioners
• The Mayor
• The Chief Builder

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