Life in Ember
Assignment Day
Main Characters
The City’s Secrets
Early Clues and Discoveries
100

What is the only source of light in the City of Ember?

What are the electric lamps?

100

What happens to students when they finish school at age 12?

What is they are assigned their jobs?

100

Who is the main female character in The City of Ember?

Who is Lina Mayfleet?

100

What building holds the city’s electrical generator?

What is the Pipeworks?

100

What does Lina love to draw?

What are pictures of the city and imaginary places above ground?

200

Why don’t the people of Ember have daylight?

What is because the city is underground?

200

Who gives out the jobs on Assignment Day?

Who is the mayor of Ember?

200

What is Doon Harrow especially curious about in the city?

What is how the city’s electricity works?

200

What kind of job does Doon want and why?

What is he wants to work near the generator to figure out how to fix it?

200

What unusual event happens during the Assignment Day ceremony?

What is the mayor gives a long, boring speech and the lights flicker?

300

What do the people of Ember fear most will happen?

What is the lights going out forever?

300

What job does Lina Mayfleet draw first?

What is Pipeworks laborer?

300

What is the name of Lina’s little sister?

Who is Poppy?

300

What does Doon notice about the generator when he first sees it?

What is it’s old, noisy, and no one understands how it works?

300

What item does Lina find her grandmother searching for?

What is a mysterious old box?

400

What do citizens use instead of sunlight to tell time?

What are clocks and light schedules?

400

Who trades jobs with Lina?

Who is Doon Harrow?

400

What does Lina’s grandmother spend most of her time doing?

What is searching for something she lost long ago in the closet?

400

Why does Doon think the city is in danger?

What is because the lights are flickering and supplies are low?

400

Who originally owned the box Lina’s grandmother is looking for?

Who is the seventh mayor of Ember?

500

What problem is Ember starting to face with supplies?

What is food and materials are running out?

500

What job does Doon get after trading with Lina?

What is messenger?

500

Who takes care of Lina and Poppy at home?

Who is their grandmother?

500

What does Doon believe about the Builders?

What is they meant for the people to find a way out someday?

500

What happens to the box at the end of Chapter 3?

What is it opens slightly, revealing a piece of paper inside?

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