The City Of Ember Novel Quiz: MCQ!

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

5000

200

60

1000

2. What was different about the City of Ember?

The city was build on an Island

In the city the sky was always dark, since it is an "underground city"

The weather is always hot in the city

Everything in the city of Ember was built of steel.

3. ______________________ was to keep "The Instructions" for The City of Ember.

The oldest person in Ember

The commissioners

The Mayor

The Chief Builder

4. According to Lina, which one of the following job assignments might have been considered a "Bad" job to have pulled out of the green bag?

Greenhouse helper

Timekeeper's assistant

Messenger

Pipeworks Labourer

5. According to the rumors that people are hearing, what condition was the City of Ember in?

The city is rebuilding- they have brand new buildings

Prospering with many new supplies

Shortages and blackouts occur often

The timekeeper died, so Lina will have to replace him

6. Why did Doon want to trade jobs with Lina?

Lina had an easier job than Doon had drawn

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.

Doon's father did not want him to be a messenger in the city because it was too dangerous

7. 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.

Lina discovers that Granny is hiding a secret treasure

8. What happened on assignment day?

Students picked a job from a small cloth green sack as their new job

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

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

The teacher and the mayor selected jobs for the students as they left school

9. During his lunch break Doon _______

Went to see the generator

Meet friends a few tunnels down

Went out of the tunnels to find Lina

Found gold in the pipeworks and kept it secretly hidden

10. What color are the messenger jackets in the City of Ember?

Yellow

Red

Blue

Green

Different colors depending on how long you have been a messenger

11. What happened to the chief buider'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 builders forgot to leave clues for the upcoming mayor

12. How was Doon to find his way around the Pipeworks?

Doon used a compass.

Signs were painted throughout the Pipeworks.

All workers were supplied with a map.

He used the flashlight and it took him most of the day to find his route to work

13. What was unusual about the sequence of events in Chapters 2 and 3?

Chapters 2 and 3 were the same day from the perspective of two different characters.

Chapter 3 was a flashback to an earlier time in the City of Ember.

The events in Chapter 3 took place 240 years after the events in Chapter 2

Chapters 2 and 3 are from the perspective of the Mayor's viewpoint

14. Doon's father made his living by _____________

Delivering vegetables

Guarding the mayor

Repairing the generator

Selling small parts

15. Students were assigned to their jobs for ________ years.

1

2

3

4

16. The loud sound that Doon heard when he first entered the tunnels was:

The generator

The river

Workmen with tools

None of the above

17. What did Doon's father tell him about his job after the first day?

To notice what no one else does

Be good at what you do

He should change jobs after 3 months and work to repair the generator

He should not return to his job because the mayor will find out that he switched jobs

He said that he should help him with his job instead

18. Generator: _________________ Builders: "Instructions"

Greenhouses

Gathering Hall

Pipeworks

River