3. Through the Village
4. The Doctor's House
The First Town Meeting

1. The people in Sparks lived in _______________.
a) apartment buildings
b) adobe-type structures
c) metal buildings
d) sky scrapers

2. How were the people of Sparks different from the people of Ember?
a) The people of Sparks were mostly blond and had blue eyes, and the people of Ember had dark hair and eyes.
b) The people of Sparks were shorter and more stout than the people of Ember.
c) The people of Sparks were dirtier and more ragged-looking than the people of Ember.
d) The people of Sparks were taller and browner than the people of Ember.

3. Lina's first new word was plaza. The second new word she learned was ___.
a) fountain
b) pinetree
c) pavement

4. Which Emberites were given shelter for the night?
a) children, elderly, and ill
b) leaders
c) those with money
d) only the ones with goods to trade

5. Mrs. Murdo, Lina, and Poppy stayed in the home of _________.
a) Mary Waters
b) Lanny McMorris
c) Dr. Hester Crane
d) Ben Barlow

6. The lights in Sparks came from ___________.
a) light bulbs
b) candles
c) campfires

7. __________ frightened Mrs. Murdo and Lina.
a) Thunder
b) The wind
c) Music
d) Fire

8. Mrs. Murdo and Lina slept ____________.
a) on the back porch
b) in the loft
c) in the doctor's bedroom
d) in the living room

9. How did Lina feel about Sparks?
a) Lina loved Sparks immediately.
b) Lina felt Sparks was all strange.
c) Lina knew she would grow to love Sparks.
d) Lina liked the disorderly place.

10. Pine Gap was ________________ from Sparks.
a) two weeks' walk away
b) just over the ridge
c) ten miles
d) on the other side of the river

11. The leaders of Sparks decided to allow the people from Ember to stay ______________ for the next six months.
a) in the plaza
b) with the families in Sparks
c) in Pine Gap
d) in the Pioneer Hotel

12. The people of Ember would leave Sparks __________.
a) before winter
b) in the spring
c) during mid-fall
d) in the summer



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1. (b)
2. (d)
3. (b)
4. (a)
5. (c)
6. (b)
7. (d)
8. (b)
9. (b)
10. (a)
11. (d)
12. (a)