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CIty of Ember Test
Question | Answer |
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Describe Lina | Believed in the existence of other places |
Describe Doon | Searched Pipe works for clues |
Describe Mayor Cole | Hoarded supplies for an emergancy |
Describe Looper | Snuck materials to the mayor |
Describe Poppy | Found the instructions for Egress |
How did Poppy get lost during the black out? | Lina’s obsession with colored pencils took away her attention. |
What is the significance of the darkness surrounding the city? | The citizens were trapped in the city |
Why is Lina surprised to find Lizzie with items like pineapple? | Everyone was told that they ran out of those foods |
Why did Doon, Lina, and Poppy have to hike for miles after leaving the city? | The city was underground |
What do the blackouts increasing in length and frequency mean to the citizens? | The citizens feared permanent darkness |
How did Doon and Lina become wanted for spreading vicious rumors? | The guards were also being paid off with goods |
Why are the instructions hard to read for Egress? | Poppy tore them up |
What happened to the chief builders’ plan for the box? | One mayor died before he could tell his successor about the box. |
Who received the letter from Lina and Doon about escaping Ember? | Mrs. Murdo found it in the street |
What were the criteria used for choosing the citizens of Ember? | They chose 50 men and 50 women. They chose adults over 60 years old. They chose complete strangers. They chose babies and adults. |
Why did the builders choose the citizens the way they did? | They didn't want people to remember the past world |
setting | the time, place, and environment in which the story takes place |
Antagonist | the opposing force that brings conflict and is instrumental in the development of the protagonist, or main character |
Protagonist | the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text |
Plot | the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story. |
Exposition | the beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced |
Conflict | the main problem of the story |
Rising action | Building of suspense occurs |
Climax | The most exciting part of the story (usually the turning point) |
Falling action | after the climax, but before the story ends (wraps up conflict) |
Resolution | then main conflict is resolved |
4 types of conflict | Character vs Character. Character vs Society. Character vs Self. Character vs Nature/environment |