Chapter 0
What is the chapter called?
What is always dark in City of Ember?
The sky
Granny and younger sister, Poppy.
Where does Doon work?
Pipeworks
What is Granny talking about at the beginning of the chapter?
She told Lina that something important is lost.
What kind of instructions is this chapter talking about?
Instructions to leave the city
What is Assignment Day?
A day where graduating students are given jobs to do.
Unknown Regions (area)
Doon is excited about his job. What does he want to see the most?
The generator
Who is granny's grandfather?
The 7th mayor.
Who will keep the instructions? Where will it be kept?
The mayor, in a box with a timer.
What is happening to the city?
Everything was old and needed many repairs.
Lina had to deliver a message to the mayor. What is that message? Who is it from?
Looper - Delivery at 8. From Looper.
Why is Doon quite upset after his day of work?
The generator was breaking down.
Mrs. Murdo. She is their neighbour.
What will the mayor do with the box?
Pass it down to the next mayor and so on.
What is the mayor's name?
Mayor Cole.
What did Lina do while she was waiting for the mayor?
She went up to the roof.
What does Doon like?
He likes bugs and write down observations about them.
Lina had to deliver a message to Clary. Who is she? Where does she work at?
She is Lina's friend. She is the greenhouse manager.
What happened to the box at the end of the chapter?
The 7th mayor got sick, tried to open the box, couldn't open it and then died. The box got left inside the back of a closet.
Who are the two main characters in this chapter? What jobs did they get at the end? What do they need to do for their jobs?
Lina and Doon.
Lina got messenger - delivering messages.
Doon got pipeworks laborer - repairing pipes
Where does the mayor work at?
Gathering Hall.
What is one of Doon's dreams?
To learn more about electricity and help save the city. He wanted to do something important.
A man called Sadge went into the unknown regions, got scared and ran back to the city.