Character
Who is Lina’s friend who first helps decode the instructions?
Clary
This environmental condition outside ember is known and feared by embers citizens?
The darkness outside the city representing the unkown.
What job does Doon get but not want and what job does Lina get on assignment day?
Doon gets messenger and Lina gets pipe woks laborer.
What do the candles represent?
A different form of light, which shows there is more then the people of ember know.
Which character has secret contact with the mayor and knows what he is doing?
Looper
Where do the people of ember live?
An underground city.
I pretend to care, then then jail. Who am I?
Chief guard
I’m everywhere, mostly ignored but if I break the city starts to crumble. What am I?
Infrastructure (ceiling, walls, tunnels)
This character indirectly helps save the city despite being to young to understand what they found?
Poppy
What is the main source of lights in ember?
The floodlights powered by the generator.
What important word does Lina learn?
Egress
The city of ember is running out of this essential resource? What is this?
Electricity
Which character shows selfishness and is a corrupt leader?
Mayor Cole
What natrual resource helps Lina and Doon escape?
River
How does Doon’s decision to switch jobs influence the discovery of the city’s problems?
By entering the underground tunnels, he notices the generator is failing, which helps trigger their investigation in the pipe works.
What is the main message of the city of ember.
Bravery, perseverance, and determination lead to discovery and survival.
Who is Lina’s teacher?
Ms. Thorn
Why is Ember built underground, and how does this affect the people’s worldview?
It was built to protect humans until the surface was safe; citizens are isolated and unaware of the outside world.
How do the city’s failures (power, supplies, leadership) drive the plot and character development?
The deteriorating city forces Lina and Doon to take action, showing their determination to survive and find their way out of ember.
Why do the citizens of Ember continue to follow the mayor even as the city fails?
They are used to relying on authority and lack information on the outside world.