The City of Ember - Chapter 2 - "A Message to the Mayor" - Pages 17-39

1. What did the city look like?
a) The center of town had skyscrapers with many office buildings, while the edges of the town had small homes where the people lived.
b) The streets were lined with wooden buildings painted in different colors.
c) All the streets looked the same with rows of two-story stone buildings. On the street level were shops and above were apartments.

2. What happened to Lina and Doon's friendship during their fourth year in school?
a) Doon stopped Lina from climbing up the pole, and she became embarrassed when her friends laughed at her.
b) Doon got in trouble at school by taking a dare from Lina.
c) Doon fell into the river while walking with Lina, and she wouldn't help him get out.

3. What job did Granny have?
a) Granny worked in the greenhouses planting vegetables.
b) Granny was a seamstress. She made clothes for the people of Ember.
c) Granny unraveled sweaters and picked apart clothes so people could use them to make new clothes.

4. What happened to Lina's parents?
a) They died two years before.
b) They moved to the next city to find better work.
c) Their jobs required them to travel, so they were not home much.

5. Poppy was _____________ years old
a) 5
b) 1 1/2
c) 10
d) 7

6. The people of Ember had never _________.
a) used electricity
b) kept items that were no longer in use
c) climbed stairs
d) meet a person from elsewhere

7. You know that because of Lina's job, the city must not have ______.
a) running water
b) animals
c) boats
d) telephones

8. Red dot meant _______.
a) to stop
b) you did something wrong
c) move to the next activity

9. The people of Ember did not know the exact year because ____________.
a) they had to rely on timekeepers to change the date sign and wind the clock
b) the power went off on occasion, and no one knew the exact time to reset the clocks when the power came back on

10. The Gathering Hall was __________.
a) shabby
b) impressive
c) elegant

11. Where did Lina go that she was not suppose to go?
a) the mayor's bedroom
b) the roof of the Gathering Hall
c) the storage room
d) the kitchen

12. Doon's first day on the job must have been ______________.
a) dreadful
b) exciting
c) embarrassing
d) wonderful

13. Another title for Chapter 2 could be ________________.
a) The First Day on the Job
b) The Dance
c) The City of Ember
d) A Shabby Town

14.  Which information best fits in the story web?

a) prepared beet soup for Granny and Poppy
b) received a red dot
c) took a message to Mayor Cole
d) traded jobs with Doon

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1. (c)
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4. (a)
5. (b)
6. (d)
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