The City of Ember - Chapter 8 "Explorations" & Chapter 9 "The Door in the Roped-Off Tunnel" - Pages 113-131

1. What did Doon do after his work was finished?
a) played cards
b) raced salamanders
c) explored the tunnels
d) sleep

2. What new creature did Doon find in the tunnels?
a) snail
b) rat
c) cricket
d) ant

3. Doon went to the library to look up ____.
a) generators
b) fire
c) insects
d) maps of the city

4. The books in the library  _____.
a) contained useful information the Builders thought the people needed to know
b) were printed over 300 years earlier
c) were bound together with string and paperclips

5. When Doon couldn't find any useful information about fires, he read about __________.
a) furniture repair
b) canning fruits
c) meaning of words and phrases
d) fun things to do with string

6. What did Doon think of the document?
a) Doon thought the document was important.
b) Doon wasn't interested in the document.
c) Doon thought Lina should just throw the document away.

7. Doon took Lina inside the Pipeworks to _____.
a) the wall of carvings
b) the locked door
c) see the generator

8. What did Lina and Doon see on the other side of the locked door?
a) They saw a tunnel leading out of Ember.
b) They saw a supply closet full of needed materials for Ember.
c) They were unable to get inside.

9. Another title for Chapter 9 could be ______.
a) The Wild River Ride
b) Lina and Doon Team Up to Solve the Mystery
c) The Fight with the Mystery Man

10.  What question does Chapter 9 answer?
a) What is behind the locked door?
b) How big is the river?
c) Who was in the Pipeworks with Lina and Doon after work?
d)  What does Doon like to draw?

11.  At the end of Chapter 9 Doon and Lina can best be described as what?
a)  exhausted
b)  delighted
c)  puzzled
d)  excited

12.  Which statement is an example of a cause and effect relationship?
a)  When they came up out of the Pipeworks, they stripped off their boots and slickers and hurried out into Plummer Square, where they flopped down on the bench and burst into furious talk.
b)  And in a minute, they heard a thump and click – the door closing, the lock turning -  and footsteps once again, this time quick.
c)  Doon thought the room could be a storage room with some special tools in it.
d)  Because the instructions had the word Pipeworks, Doon and Lina began their search in the Pipeworks.

13.  Which of these statements from Chapter 9 states an opinion?

a) The river goes through the Pipeworks.
b) To Lina, this sounded far less interesting than an undiscovered city, but she didn’t say so.
c) Doon led her up the path beside the water.
d) Lina stopped at home the next day long enough to change out of her messenger jacket.

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