Characters
Setting & Plot
Conflict
Themes & Lessons
Random Facts
200

A local doctor who hosts Lina, Poppy, & Mrs. Murdo in their home

Dr. Hester

200

Where did the majority of the Emberites sleep their first night in Sparks?

On the ground of the main plaza

200

What do the Emberites end up using as currency to trade with the people of Sparks?

Matches

200

How did the village of Sparks get its name?

The last truck shot out a big spray of sparks when it finally died on that spot.

200

How many Emberites are there vs. how many Sparks people?

417 Emberites vs. 322 Sparks people

400

Elderly former librarian for the city of Ember. Shares a room with Doon, Doon’s father, and Sadge Merral.

Edward Pocket 

400

An old, abandoned building that serves as a massive storehouse and repository filled with countless ancient books and remnants from before the Disaster

The Ark

400

What message was scratched on the Pioneer Hotel?

GO BACK TO YOUR CAVE

400

What is a roamer?

A person who goes into the Empty Lands and brings things back.

400

Originally, how long are Emberites permitted to stay in Sparks?

6 months to learn how to establish their own village

600

Who takes in Doon, his father, Clary, & Edward Pocket for midday meals?

The Parton family: Martha Parton, Orkeny Parton, & Kensington “Kenny” Parton

600

How do Maddy & Lina begin to travel back through the Empty Lands?

On bicycles

600

What did Tick Hassler encourage the Emberites to use as weapons?

The towel racks from the bathrooms

600

What is the “hidden treasure”?

The people of Ember

600

Caspar finds a crate of what and gifts one to Torren?

Lightbulbs

800

Harsh, demanding Spark’s crew leader that accuses Doon of vandalism

Chugger Frisk

800

How long does it take to get to the ruined city?

5 days

800

What event happened as a result of Ben pulling on the “Weapon”?

Fire shot out of it and buildings & plants where lit on fire

800

What events do the people of Sparks say specifically are “The Disaster” that ended the old human civilization?

The 4 wars followed by the 3 global plagues

800

Doon saved Torren from the fire with the help of what object

A chair

1000

The 3 leaders of the village of Sparks

Mary Waters, Ben Barlow, & Wilmer Dent

1000

Why does Lina decide she has to go to the big city? What does she find instead that changes her mind?

Lina thinks it could be a new home for the Emberites. But she finds destruction (broken roads & roofs caving in), fallen rocks, rumble, abandoned towering skyscrapers, and no life.

1000

Caspar refused to help a man they met on the way to the city. What does the man do in retaliation?

He takes 4 cakes and covers the rest of the food with dirt and possibly animal droppings.

1000

What does Tick Hassler want most and what specifically did he do in an attempt to get it?

Power, he was the one that put the trash & poison oak branches out front the Pioneer Hotel 

1000

What items are in Torren’s collection of “extinct” things?

Toy airplane, toy tank, toy motorcycle, model elephant, old flashlight, & old remote

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