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Please answer these questions using full sentences.

Chapter 7 1. Even though her job is boring, what “secret” does Lizzie have about the Supply Depot that makes her job not so bad? 2. Because of the document Poppy found, what technology do we know that the people of Ember do not have? 3. What did Lina think the document was? 4. What did Captain Fleery think of the document? 5. As a child Granny visited the storerooms in Ember with her classmates. Describe what the storerooms would have looked like to her then and what is happening with them now? 6. What fruit did Granny love and what does it tell you about the availability of fruit in Ember? 7. Why do you think LIzzie is not allowed to see all the store room reports?

Chapter 8 1. Read the following passage from The City of Ember. //His father had been at least a little bit right: there were interesting things in the Pipeworks if you paid attention. Already he had found three new crawling creatures; a black beetle the size of a pinhead, a moth with furry wings, and the best of all, a creature with a soft, shiny body and a small, spiral-patterned shell on its back. Just after he found this one, while he was sitting on the floor watching in fascination as the creature crept up his arm, a couple of workers came by and saw him. They burst into laughter. "It's bug-boy!" one of them said. "He's collecting bugs for his lunch!"// //Enraged, Doon jumped up and shouted at them. His sudden motion made the creature fall off his arm to the ground, and Doon felt a crunch beneath his foot. The laughing workers didn't notice - they tossed a few more taunts at him and walked on - but Doon knew instantly what he's done. He lifted his foot and looked at the squashed mess underneath.// Using context clues determine which creature Doon found in the tunnels? 2. Why is Doon so fascinated with bugs? What is special about his finds? 3. When Doon finds the book of mysterious words he reads some old sayings. What do these old sayings and their meanings tell us about what the people of Ember did not have?

Chapter 9 1. What did Doon think of the document? 2. Where did Doon take Lina and what did they find? 3. How did Lina feel about being underground? 4. Lina thought the person who went into the locked room was familiar. The author has used foreshadowing about this person earlier in to book. Who do you think it was? 5. What do you think is behind the hidden door?

**__Vocabulary__**
Find the meaning of the word and use in a sentence.

discontinued illegible pored reluctantly vaguely lounged enraged taunts unintended ignited crevices mechanism descended

**__Activities__**
In the book, the Builders created Ember to keep people safe from possible nuclear disaster. They imagined people would have to stay underground for at least 200 years. Working in pairs, imagine you are the Builders of a city like Ember. What would your city be like? What would you need to provide for people? How would they survive? Create a map of your city and make a list of things you would need to include and why. How can you make your city unique? What will it be called?