Reading and Language Arts

Reading and Language Arts - Test Ready for The City of Ember

Choose the correct meaning of plant as it is used in the following sentence.

These were plants, they discovered, taller than they were, with stems as hard and thick as the walls of houses, and leaves that spread out over their heads.

a) organisms of the kingdom Plantae
b) a factory
c) to fix in the ground
d) conceal
Which word would be the best antonym for expanse in the following sentence?

He pointed to a wide expanse of rock that sloped back into the darkness on one side of the pool.

a) span
b) vastness
c) confined space
d) stretch
Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks and commas correctly.

a) "So you gave her the note, then" said Doon?
b) "Oh!" Lina stared at him, stricken.
c) "The message to Clary"! cried Lina
d) Lina explained "I forgot all about it!" "All I was thinking of was getting Poppy and getting to you."
Day is to sun as night is to ___________.

day : sun :: night : _____________.

a) river
b) planets
c) sky
d) moon
Which question does the book, The City of Ember, answer?

a) Will Doon and Lina find the city in Lina's dreams?
b) What will happen to the Emberites?
c) Where was the city of Ember?
d) What will Mrs. Murdo do with the note?
Which sequence best describes the order of events in The City of Ember?

1) Doon and Lina follow the clues in the instructions.
2) Doon and Lina find a way out of Ember.
3) Granny keeps looking for the item that is lost.
4) Lina asks Clary, Lizzie, and Captain Fleery for help with the important paper.
5) Poppy chews up the paper from the box.

a) 3, 5, 4, 1, 2
b) 3, 5, 2, 4, 1
c) 5, 4, 1, 2, 3
d) 1, 2, 4, 3, 5
What is the main conflict in The City of Ember and how is it resolved?

a) Mayor Cole is a thief stealing from the Emberites. The mayor falls into the river.
b) The dying city of Ember can no longer support its citizens. Doon and Lina piece together clues to find a way out of the city.
c) Granny is looking for the thing that is lost. Poppy finds the instructions.
d) Lina wants to be a messenger. Doon trades jobs with her.
Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

a) Lina told Doon, "It feels like a dream."
b) "Maybe that's why it feels familiar." Doon said.
c) Lina asked "Do you think there is a city here somewhere?"
d) "I don't see any light, Doon said, even far off."
Which statement from The City of Ember is an opinion?

a) It is night, I think, though it's hard to be sure because they have boarded up the windows of the bus from the outside.
b) Our task is to raise them in this new place we're going to.
c) The moon will still be here when they come out, I thought.
d) People find a way through just about anything.
Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks and commas correctly.

a) "Light", she said.
b) I see it, said Doon. "It's getting brighter."
c) "Did you see that?" he said to Lina, pointing.
d) "It's speaking to us. said Doon. "What could it be?"
Which word would be the best synonym for frantically?

She turned the knob frantically, she pulled and pushed, and then, at the same time that she heard the running footsteps of the guards coming into the square, she saw the small handwritten sign stuck to the door: "Closed for the Singing."

a) hysterically
b) quietly
c) calmly
d) peacefully
Based on the book, one could conclude that ______________.

a) Ember was built in the bottom of a cave to keep the human race alive through an earthly castrophe
b) Lina and Doon will find the city of Lina's dreams
c) Mayor Cole will stay in Ember
d) the others will follow the instructions and find the way out of Ember
Which statement from The City of Ember contains a cause-effect relationship?

a) The climb out of the cave was long and difficult.
b) Because the cave was damp from the river, the Builders left the instructions behind a piece of glass.
c) The boat ride down the fast moving river was scary for Poppy.
d) Lina, Doon, and Poppy emerged from the cave during the nighttime hours.
Which word would be the best homonym in this sentence?

His voice came from ______________ below her.

a) write
b) rite
c) right
d) wright
From which point of view is this excerpt from The City of Ember written?

As they went along, they talked less and less; the path sloped relentlessly upward, and they needed their breath just from breathing. The only sound was the light pat-pat of their footsteps. Lina and Doon took turns carrying Poppy on their backs - she had gotten tired of walking very soon and cried to be picked up.

a) first
b) second
c) third, omniscient
d) third, objective
Which statement is the best theme for The City of Ember?

a) The world's most dangerous place
b) Refugees return home
c) A reporter's undercover journey
d) A land of disaster
Complete this story web.

a) Mayor Cole is dishonest.
b) The seventh mayor died before passing on the box.
c) Poppy chewed up the instructions.
d) Lina pieces the instructions together and follows the clues.
Jeanne DuPrau most likely wrote The City of Ember for _______________.

a) nine to fourteen year olds wishing to be entertained
b) electricians wanting to learn how to build a better generator
c) adults wishing to build a fallout shelter
d) students completing research for a report on caves
Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks and commas correctly.

a) "Let's read it out loud while we eat", said Doon.
b) "A bug that sings." Lina turned to Doon.
c) She was afraid, so she decided to hide it instead of taking it with her, said Doon.
d) Lina said, "We might not have known about the instructions if it wasn't for Poppy."
Which word would be the best homonym in this sentence?

Several citizens of Ember tried to make a movable light by setting fire to ________ furniture.

a) there
b) they're
c) their

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