Electricity and the Pipeworks
Words, Words, Words!
Lina's Life
Miscellaneous
Challenging Vocabulary
Doon
Mid
100

The source of power for the generator?

What is the river?

100

a bunch or cluster of strands, as of grass, hair, etc.

What is tuft?

100

Lina's little sister's name and age...

What is Poppy?

100

The author of The City of Ember

Who is Jeanne DuPrau?

100

consume all of one's attention or time

What is absorb?

100

The things Doon researched

What are bugs and insects?

100

The age that people in Ember receive a career?

What is 12

200
The machine that makes energy for Ember
What is the generator?
200

an instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity

What is gauge?

200

Which character from the story used to work with Lina's father?

Who is Clary from the Greenhouses?

200

The nickname that Doon is given at work...

Where is Bug Boy?

200

pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

What is feeble?

200

Doon wanted to switch to Pipeworks laborer so he could...

What is study the generator?

200

The job that Doon draws on Assignment Day...

What is Messenger?

300
The length of the longest blackout
What is 7 minutes?
300

a long narrow depression in a surface

What is crevice?

300

Who is watching over Poppy at The Singing?

Who is Mrs. Murdo?

300

How many chapters are in The City of Ember?

What is 20?

300

goods or money obtained illegally

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

What is plunder?

300

The insect that Doon was taking care of throughout the book becomes a...

What is a moth?

300

Who is Lina & Doon's Teacher?

Who is Mrs. Thorn?

400

What letter of the alphabet marks the wall of the Pipeworks?

What is the letter E?

400

take one's time; proceed slowly

What is dawdle?

400

Which relatives of Lina's died by the coughing sickness?

Who is the 7th Mayor of Ember and her Father?

400

Name the canned goods Lizzie let Lina keep.

What are peaches and creamed corn?

400

having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

What is shrill?

400

What does Doon research while at the library and what is he trying to create?

What is fire?  He is trying to create a moveable source of light.

400

Who said..."Be brave, I said to myself. I kept going and going, but then all of a sudden I thought, anything could be out here!  I've heard stories... rats as big as garbage bins... and I had to get out of there. So I turned around and ran."

Who is Sadge Merrall?

500

Where the mayor was hiding valuable items...

What is room in Tunnel 351?

500

shine brightly, like a star or a light

What is glimmer?

500

When Lina is reading the lost diary, the author of the diary mentions the names that she and her partner gave their children...

What are the names of their two children?

Who are Star and Forest?

500

The creature that Doon and Lina encounter under the tree is a...

What is a fox?

500

walk by dragging one's feet

What is scuffle?

500

What item does Doon strike his father with on accident?

What is a shoe or shoe heel?

500

List the three books of Ember that Lina is forced to study in school...

What are The Book of Numbers, The Book of Letters, and The Book of The City of Ember?

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