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100
She is Lina's little sister.
Who is Poppy?
100
Spotted
What is the definition for mottled?
100
Mayor Cole was found with stored supplies.
What scene represents corruption?
100
"lit by a shining silver circle hanging in an immense black sky"
What is the moon?
100
"Dear People of Ember, We came down the river from the Pipeworks and found the way to another place..."
What is the note that Lina and Doon threw towards Ember?
200
He loves insects.
Who is Doon?
200
Impossible to read.
What is the definition for illegible?
200
Lina went to Doon for help in deciphering the instructions.
What scene represents friendship?
200
"He looked up and saw them--hundreds and hundreds of tiny flecks of light, strewn like spilled salt across the blackness."
What are the stars?
200
"Welcome, Refugees from Ember! This is the final stage of your journey..."
What is the notice that Lina, Doon, and Poppy found on their way out of Ember?
300
She was found with a sack of stolen cans.
Who is Lizzie?
300
Not able to be understood.
What is the definition for incomprehensible?
300
Lina and Doon said goodbye to Ember.
What scene shows personal strength and courage?
300
"Lina just shook her head. The little creature shifted its clawlike feet on the stem, flapped its brown wings, and trilled again. Then it leapt into the air and was gone."
What is a bird?
300
"a land vast and spacious beyond any of their dreams, filled with air that seemed to move, and lit by a shining silver circle hanging in an immense black sky"
Where did the instructions lead Lina, Doon, and Poppy?
400
He was discovered with stocked up supplies.
Who is Mayor Cole?
400
Echoing.
What is the definition for reverberating?
400
Lina and Doon try to decipher the instructions in order to find a way out of Ember.
What scene shows the search for truth?
400
"purple fruits, about the size of small beets, only softer. Doon picked one and cut it open with his knife. There was a stone inside. Red juice ran out over his hands."
What is a plum?
400
"There were a hundred of us, fifty men and fifty women. We are all at least sixty years old. There will be a hundred babies, too--two babies for each pair of "parents.""
Who originally was sent to Ember?
500
These characters are related to the seventh mayor of Ember.
Who are Granny, Lina, and Poppy?
500
An exit.
What is the definition for egress?
500
Looper is taking supplies to the Mayor and to Lizzie.
What scene represents corruption?
500
"They wrapped the message in Doon's shirt and put a rock inside it [...] With all her strength, she cast the message into the darkness, and they watched as it plunged down and down. Mrs. Murdo, walking even more briskly than usual to keep her spirits up, was crossing Harken Square when something fell to the pavement just in front of her with a terrific thump. How extraordinary, she thought, bending to pick it up. It was a sort of bundle. She began to untie it."
How did Mrs. Murdo get Lina and Doon's message?
500
"Our task is to raise them in this new place we're going to. By the time they are twenty or so, we'll be gone. They'll be on their own, making a new world."
What is the Builder's plan?