City Of Ember Comprehension Quiz 1 (Ch.1-2)
All answers can be found through reading of chapters 1 and 2 as well as class discussion.
- 1.The builders said the people must live in the city of Ember for at least _______________ years before leaving.
- A.
5000
- B.
200
- C.
60
- D.
1000
- 2.What happened to the chief buider's plan for the box?
- A.
One mayor died before he could tell his successor about the box?
- B.
The box was broken into, and its contents were stolen.
- C.
The box was destroyed by a hammer.
- 3.What was different about the city of Ember?
- A.
The city was build on an Island
- B.
In the city the sky was always dark
- C.
The weather stayed the same year round in the city of Ember
- D.
Everything in the city of Ember was built of steel.
- 4.______________________ was to keep the instructions for leavign the city of Ember.
- A.
The oldest person in Ember
- B.
The commissioners
- C.
The Mayor
- D.
The Chief Builder
- 5.What happened on assignment day?
- A.
Students picked a job from a small cloth sack
- B.
The mayor of Ember assigned jobs to the students based on their skills
- C.
Students were allowed to pick job assignments based on their talents.
- 6.Students were assigned to their jobs for ________ years.
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- 7.Which one of the following job assignemnts weas considered a "Bad" job?
- A.
Greenhouse helper
- B.
Timekeeper's assistant
- C.
Messenger
- D.
Pipeworks Labourer
- 8.What condition was the City of Ember in?
- A.
Brand new buildings
- B.
Prospering with many new supplies
- C.
Shortages and blackouts
- 9.Why did Doon want to trade jobs with Lina?
- A.
Lina had an easier job?
- B.
Doon had a broken leg and would not be able to run all over Ember with messages.
- C.
Doon wanted to work on the generator near Pipeworks.
- 10.The main idea of Chapter 1 "Assignment Day" is ______________________.
- A.
Doon and Lina are such good friends that Doon will trade his good job for Lina's bad job
- B.
The students of Ember find out what they will be doing for the next three years.
- C.
The mayor of Ember with his vast, heavy build was a tyrant who loved to boss the students around.
- 11.Which statement from this chapter cotains a Cause and Effect relationship?
- A.
Lina took off her shoes and socks, wrapped herself around the cold metal pole, and climbed up the light pole.
- B.
Doon wanted to be near the generator, so he traded jobs with Lina.
- C.
One by one the students reached into the sack and drew out job assignments?
- D.
In the city of Ember, the sky was always dark.
- 12.Which Statement from thsi chapter is an opinion?
- A.
Doon sat in the second row with his shoulders hunched, his eyes squeezed shut and his hands clasped together.
- B.
The mayor was a man with a gray face.
- C.
The mayor should go on a diet so that he would not get out of breath so easily.
- D.
On Assignment Da the classroom was silent.
- 13.Basedon this chapter (Chapter 1) one could conlcude all of the following except:
- A.
Chet will fix the generator, and there will be no more blackouts
- B.
Messenger was a fun job because messengers are able to move freely through the city and not have to work behind a desk.
- C.
Ember is a dreary place to live with a dark sky all the time
- D.
The students were always excited on Assignment Day because they discovered what they would be doing for the next three years.
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