Vocabulary
If a staircase is shaky, unsteady, and feels like it might break, you would describe it as this.
What is rickety?
Lina and Doon followed a trail of these objects, which they found in a box, to see in the dark.
What are candles and matches?
This woman becomes a mother figure to Lina and Poppy, offering them a safe and organized home.
Who is Mrs. Murdo?
This character works in this underground area, which holds the key to the city’s power and its exit.
Who is Doon?
When the children first emerge from the tunnel, they see these small, twinkling lights in the sky for the first time.
What are stars?
This 6-letter word describes a sound that is very high-pitched, piercing, and often hurts your ears.
What is shrill?
This specific letter was marked on a rock to signal that the children had found the right path.
What is the letter "E"?
While Lina focuses on the "Instructions," this character is the one who notices the specific markings on the rocks (like the letter "E") and realizes the river is the actual path to the exit.
Who is Doon Harrow?
This item, which Doon finds in the secret room, is a luxury that most citizens haven't seen in a long time.
What is food (or a chair and rug)?
This giant, glowing "silver circle" rose in the sky and eventually brought light and heat to the new world.
What is the sun?
If you are not in a hurry and you walk at a slow, relaxed pace, you are doing this.
What is amble?
To leave the city, the "Instructions" required the use of these wooden items found near the river.
What are boats and paddles?
Lina undergoes a major change when she realizes this character (who was once a close friend) is not trustworthy because they are willing to keep stolen "groceries" for themselves instead of helping the city.
Who is Lizzie Bisco?
The river in the Pipeworks flows in this direction, eventually leading the children out of Ember.
What is down/away from the city?
Once they reached the top of the cliff, the children looked down and realized Ember was located inside one of these.
What is a cave (or underground)?
This is the process of figuring out the meaning of a secret code or a message that is hard to read.
What is deciphering?
While escaping the Mayor and his guards, Lina used this terrifying city-wide event as a way to hide and run.
What is a blackout?
Doon discovers this person sleeping in a secret room filled with the city's missing supplies.
Who is the Mayor (Mayor Cole)?
The children realized that the way out of Ember was not a door in the walls, but through this.
What is the river?
To warn the people of Ember, the children dropped a this thing tied to a rock down to this person.
What is a message and who is Clary?
When a character is being rude or disrespectful to someone in a position of power, they are showing this.
What is impudence?
After the boat ride ended, the children had to follow a path that went in this direction for a long time to reach the exit.
What is up?
By the end of the story, this character has shifted from a child worried about their "Assignment" to a leader who is "fully responsible" for their sister and the survival of the city's secret.
Who is Lina Mayfleet?
The escape through the Pipeworks was so hurried that Doon and Lina were unable to tell the citizens how to find the boats. Who was the specific person they intended to give their letter to before they fled, and from what location did they finally manage to send that message back to Ember?
Who is Clary and what is a cave (high above the city)?
A major lesson of the story is to follow your gut and stay determined, even when other people do this to you.
What is (doubt) you?