Chapter 2 City of Ember

Lina has heard about a rumour of a shortage (a lack of something) of what product

• wool

• lightbulbs

• oil

• water

Answer explanation

This seems to be more and more the most essential item needed in the town. Without lights then they would be as bad off as the Unknown Region

Who does Lina live with?

• Her mother, father, grandmother and sister

• Her mother and father and sister

• Her sister only

• Her grandmother and sister

What happened to Lina's parents

• They ran away to Unknown Regions

• They were political rebels

• The mother died of the coughing sickness and the father from sadness

• The father died of the coughing sickness and the mother in childbirth

What is Lina's sister's name?

• Lizzie

• Poppy

• Vindie

• Natty

What pictures does Lina draw?

• horses

• her family

• a city where there is endless chocolate and candy

• a new city that has more light and more windows

Answer explanation

This continues to come up again in later chapters, in Chapter 4 in particular. Continue to focus on this contrast between light and darkness in the novel

Are Lina and Doon friends?

• No, because their families are enemies

• Yes, that is why he swapped jobs with her and after work the swap stories

• No, they used to be but Lina laughed at Doon and they fell out

• Yes, they run together all the time

Answer explanation

Did their falling out at school seem serious enough to mean they could never be friends again?

What are the rules of messengers?

• Always be on time

• In rain, snow,hail or thunder we will deliver

• Always get the messages right word for word

• Only give the message only to the person it was meant

How does Lina know the seventh mayor of the City of Ember?

• It is her great, great something grandfather

• He is a city historic figure she read about

• He played rugby with her great uncle

• He is someone she dreams about in her visions of a new city

Answer explanation

Why is this important? Remember the chapter titled Instructions?

How many years did the City of Embers chief builder imagine the city to last?

• 100 years

• 150 years

• 200-220 years

• 1000 years

How many years old is the City of Ember?

• 150

• 200

• 241 or it could be 250

• 250-300 years old

Answer explanation

If we re-explore how long the city builders intended the city to last - what is the significance?