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1. What did Doon do after his work was finished?
a) Doon played cards.
b) Doon raced salamanders.
c) Doon explored the tunnels.
d) Doon slept.
c) Doon explored the tunnels.
4. The books in the library _____.
a) contained useful information the Builders thought the people needed to know
b) were printed over 300 years earlier
c) were bound together with string and paperclips
c) were bound together with string and paperclips
7. What did Doon think of the document?
a) Doon thought the document was important.
b) Doon wasn't interested in the document.
c) Doon thought Lina should just throw the document away.
a) Doon thought the document was important.
10. Another title for Chapter 9 could be ______.
a) The Wild River Ride
b) Lina and Doon Team Up to Solve the Mystery
c) The Fight with the Mystery Man
b) Lina and Doon Team Up to Solve the Mystery
13. Which statement is an example of a cause and effect relationship?
a) When they came up out of the Pipeworks, they stripped off their boots and slickers and hurried
out into Plummer Square, where they flopped down on the bench and burst into furious talk.
b) And in a minute, they heard a thump and click – the door closing, the lock turning - and footsteps
once again, this time quick.
c) Doon thought the room could be a storage room with some special tools in it.
d) Because the instructions had the word Pipeworks, Doon and Lina began their search in the
Pipeworks.
d) Because the instructions had the word Pipeworks, Doon and Lina began their search in the Pipeworks.
2. What new creature did Doon find in the tunnels?
a) snail
b) rat
c) cricket
d) ant
a) snail
5. When Doon couldn't find any useful information about fires, he read about __________.
a) furniture repair
b) canning fruits
c) meaning of words and phrases
d) fun things to do with string
c) meaning of words and phrases
8. Doon took Lina inside the Pipeworks to _____.
a) the wall of carvings
b) the locked door
c) see the generator
b) the locked door
11. What question does Chapter 9 answer?
a) What is behind the locked door?
b) How big is the river?
c) Who was in the Pipeworks with Lina and Doon after work?
d) What does Doon like to draw?
d) What does Doon like to draw?
14. Which of these statements from Chapter 9 states an opinion?
a) The river goes through the Pipeworks.
b) To Lina, this sounded far less interesting than an undiscovered city, but she didn’t say so.
c) Doon led her up the path beside the water.
d) Lina stopped at home the next day long enough to change out of her messenger jacket.
b) To Lina, this sounded far less interesting than an undiscovered city, but she didn’t say so.
3. Doon went to the library to look up ____.
a) generators
b) fire
c) insects
d) maps of the city
b) fire
6. Doon read the meanings for “heavens above”, “hogwash”, “batting a thousand”, and “all in the
same boat” while researching in the library. What could you conclude about the reason the Emberites
no longer used these phrases?
a) The people of Ember had limited knowledge, and the phrases had no special meaning to them.
b) The people of Ember were taught to use phrases that had only literal meanings.
c) The Emberites played few games and these terms were all used in games.
a) The people of Ember had limited knowledge, and the phrases had no special meaning to them.
9. What did Lina and Doon see on the other side of the locked door?
a) They saw a tunnel leading out of Ember.
b) They saw a supply closet full of needed materials for Ember.
c) They were unable to get inside.
c) They were unable to get inside.
12. At the end of Chapter 9, Doon and Lina can best be described as what?
a) exhausted
b) angry
c) puzzled
d) excited
c) puzzled
15. How does Doon feel after stepping on the snail?
a. happy
b. goofy
c. upset
c. upset