The City of Ember - Chapter 16 "The Singing"
Chapter 17 "Away" - Pages 213-237

1. Where was the first place Lina thought of to hide when the guards were chasing her?
a) the library
b) Doon's house
c) Looper's store

2. The guards took Lina to ___________.
a) the prison room
b) the mayor
c) the singing

3. When the mayor said that all is being done for their benefit. For their own good. Lina said, ____________
a) "I understand."
b) "Hogwash."
c) "This isn't fair."

4. __ helped Lina escape.
a) One of the guards
b) Doon
c) A blackout

5. During the second blackout Lina ____________.
a) saw Doon with his candle heading towards the Pipeworks
b) heard Mayor Cole telling the people not to panic
c) heard Poppy call her name

6. Lina hid behind the trash-can enclosure behind the Gathering Hall waiting for ___________.
a) Doon
b) Mrs. Murdo and Poppy
c) Lizzie
d) Mayor Cole

7. Doon sent a message to his father by _____________.
a) Looper
b) carrier pigeon
c) writing a note and pinning it to the kiosk
d) messenger

8. Lina was late meeting Doon because __________.
a) she waited for Poppy so she could bring her along
b) she went to tell Clary she was leaving
c) she went home to get her drawings

9. The best reason Chapter 17 was called "Away" was because _____________.
a) Lina got away from the guards
b) Lina and Doon were able to get away from Ember
c) Lina took Poppy away

10.  This passage implies

Doon managed to get to his feet. He hauled on the rope that held the boat to the bank until he was close enough to reach the knot. He struggled with it. Water splashed into his face. he yanked at the knot, loosened it, pulled the rope free-and the boat shot forward.

a) Lina and Doon will be caught by the guards.
b) Lina and Doon will escape from Ember.
c) Lina and Doon will drown in the river.
d) Lina and Doon will leave Poppy with Mrs. Murdo.

11.  Which statement from The City of Ember expresses an opinion?
a)  Ember is in a time of difficulty. Extraordinary measures are necessary.
b)  Doon stood up and hoisted his sack again.
c)  A little cloud of moths came to flutter around the flame of his candle.
d)  "Far below, like the blood of the earth, From the center of nowhere rushing forth," he sang under his breath.

12.  Which statement  contains a cause-effect relationship?
a) The mayor told Lina his duties were too complex to be understood by regular citizens.
b) The lights went out, so Lina was able to escape from the mayor.
c)  Lina jumped from the roof of the Prison Room to the street.
d)  There was a strange hush as if the city were holding its breath.

13.  Which statement from this chapter supports the conclusion that the people of Ember are afraid.
a) "The Song of the River" startled her when it began - the men's voices, low and rolling, swelling with power, and then the women's voices coming in above with a complicated melody that seemed to fight the current.
b) Then the floodlights flickered-there was a great cry of hope from the crowd-and the lights came on and stayed on.
c) Someone shouted, "Don't move!" and someone else shrieked. The rumble rose to a roar, and then cries flew into the darkness from everywhere.
d)  The song reached its climax: "Darkness like an endless night," sang the hundreds of voices, so powerfully the air seemed to shiver.

14. Based on this Chapter 17 "Away", it is likely that ________.
a) the people in Ember will begin using candles all the time
b) Mrs. Murdo will move in with Mr. Harrow to help cook and clean for him
c) Doon's father will tell the mayor that Doon and Lina found the way out of Ember
d) the mayor will not find Lina and Doon

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