Characters 1
This character is afraid of fire.
Who is Lina?
People who travel from place to place.
What are roamers?
The animals Lina saw with tasseled tails.
What is a cow?
This character is blamed for throwing tomatoes.
Who is Doon?
gathering discarded material
What is scavenging?
Lina'a journey took this long.
What is one month?
What is 700?
This is the person who takes care of Lina.
Who is Mrs. Murdo?
walk with great difficulty
What is stagger?
The town of Sparks had this many fire trucks.
What is two?
This is Lina’s little sister.
Who is Poppy?
loud noise for a long time
What is clamor?
The number of people that came from Ember.
What is 400?
This is a symbol of hope at the end of the book.
What is the lightbulb in Doon's experiment?
Mrs. Murdo is learning from this person and living in her house.
Who is Dr. Hester?
a really loud, high pitched sound
What is shrill?
This was the "big plant" that Lina saw.
What is a pine tree?
This character is caught in a tree when the fire starts.
Who is Torren?
hasty or reckless
What is rash?
The children of Sparks were done with school at this age.
What is 10?
The disaster happened this long ago.
What is 200 years?
This person is a roamer.
Who is Caspar?
pushing roughly
What is jostling?
Caspar brought this back from his journey's.
What are artificial flowers?
This character tries to get everyone to fight the people of Sparks.
Who is Tick?
a large amount
What is abundance?
These were the first people to come out of the cave after Lina and Doon.
Who is the family from the Callay Street vegetable market?
This was the "terrible weapon" the people of Sparks had.
What is a machine gun?
This person is strong and quiet and becomes Lina’s friend.
Who is Maddie?
untidy, messy
What is disheveled?
Lina put the letter for Mrs. Murdo in this book.
What is Charlotte's Web?
This character does everything Tick says.
Who is Lizzie?
cruel or violent energy
What is ferocious?
This is where the people of Sparks washed their clothes.
What is the river?
Fresh plants in Ember were found here.
What is the greenhouse?