Characters
Who is the main female protagonist in The City of Ember?
Who is Lina Mayfleet?
What does Lina find hidden in her grandmother's closet?
What are the instructions for leaving Ember?
What is the main source of light in the city of Ember?
What are electric floodlights powered by the generator?
What does the failing generator symbolize in the story?
What is the decay of Ember and the fragility of human civilization?
What word describes a large underground chamber, such as the one where the generator is located?
What is cavern?
What job does Doon Harrow get on Assignment Day?
What is a Pipeworks Laborer?
How do Lina and Doon escape the city of Ember?
What is traveling by boat in the Pipeworks?
Who originally built the city of Ember and why?
Who are the Builders, and they built it to ensure humanity's survival during a disaster.
Which theme is explored through Lina and Doon’s determination to leave Ember?
What is hope and perseverance?
What is the term used to describe the people who originally designed and built Ember?
What are the Builders?
Who is Lina’s younger sister who plays a key role in discovering the instructions?
Who is Poppy?
What event causes the lights in Ember to flicker and fail more frequently?
What are blackouts?
What natural element is absent in Ember, making it completely dependent on artificial light?
What is sunlight?
The world outside of Ember represents what major theme in the novel?
What is discovery and new beginnings?
What word describes the dimly lit or shadowy environment of Ember?
What is gloomy?
Which character is revealed to be hoarding supplies and is corrupt?
Who is Mayor Cole?
Why do Lina and Doon initially switch jobs after Assignment Day?
Lina wants to be a messenger, and Doon wants to be in the Pipeworks to fix the generator.
What room is forbidden to enter without permission, where Lina and Doon find a clue?
What is the mayor's office?
What theme is shown through the corruption of Mayor Cole and the hoarding of supplies?
What is the abuse of power and greed?
What does the word “decipher” mean, as used when Lina and Doon try to figure out the instructions?
What is to interpret or decode?
Who takes care of Lina and Poppy after their grandmother passes away?
Who is Mrs. Murdo?
How do Lina and Doon send a message to the people of Ember after they find the world outside?
What is dropping a message down to the city in a rock wrapped with the instructions?
How long was the city of Ember designed to sustain its population before the inhabitants needed to leave?
What is 200 years?
The instructions to leave Ember symbolize what?
What is knowledge and the key to survival?
What does the word “sustenance” mean in the context of the people’s need for food and supplies in Ember?
What is nourishment or means of support?