Setting the Scene
This is what provides light in the city of Ember.
What are the streetlamps/floodlamps/electric lights?
This is the age when students in Ember receive their job assignments.
What is 12 years old?
This character loves to run and wants to explore every part of Ember.
Who is Lina Mayfleet?
This word means strong and muscular.
What is brawny?
Based on Chapter 1, the citizens of Ember are starting to feel this emotion about their city's future.
What is worry/fear/concern?
The city of Ember is located in this unusual place.
What is underground?
Lina originally drew this job from the bag.
What is Pipeworks Laborer?
This character is serious, curious, and interested in how things work.
Who is Doon Harrow?
This word means an attempt or effort to achieve a goal.
What is endeavor?
Lina's reaction to getting Pipeworks Laborer suggests she feels this way about working underground.
What is disappointed/unhappy/trapped?
This is happening more frequently in Ember, causing concern among residents.
What are blackouts/the lights going out?
Doon originally drew this job from the bag.
What is Messenger?
Lina lives with this family member who is growing forgetful.
Who is her grandmother/Granny?
This word means became smaller or less.
What is diminished?
Doon's desire to work in the Pipeworks suggests this about his personality.
What is he wants to help/solve problems/make a difference/he is determined?
The Builders created Ember to last this many years.
What is 200 to 220 years?
Lina and Doon did this after the Assignment Ceremony.
What is traded jobs/switched jobs?
Doon's father works at this job in Ember.
What is a shop owner/he owns a small fix-it shop?
This word means having a bad reputation or not respected.
What is disreputable?
The frequent blackouts in Ember suggest this problem for the city.
What is the generator is failing/the city is running out of power/Ember is in danger?
This is the color of the sky above Ember.
What is black/dark?
This is why Doon wanted to work in the Pipeworks instead of being a Messenger.
What is he wants to help fix Ember's problems/work on the generator/find solutions?
This is one difference between how Lina and Doon reacted to their original job assignments.
What is Lina was disappointed/upset and Doon was also disappointed OR Lina wanted to be a Messenger and Doon wanted to work in the Pipeworks?
These two words both describe a sound that echoes or continues to be heard.
What are reverberating and resonant?
The fact that Lina and Doon were willing to trade jobs suggests this about their friendship or understanding of each other.
What is they trust each other/understand what each other needs/are willing to help each other?