| A | B |
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| who is the author of The City of Ember? | Jeanne DuPrau |
| where were the instructions on how to leave the City of Ember? | a locked box with a timer, to be kept by each mayor |
| what did the 7th mayor do with the box? | Who dies of the coughing sickness, took box home and tried to open it, failed, it was put in back of closet and forgotten. |
| What is Assignment Day? | When the children turn 12 on the last day of school they are given a job, this is called what? |
| Miss Thorn | Lina, Lizzie, and Doon's teacher |
| Quillium Square | where does Lina live? |
| Lizzie Bisco | Lina's friend, works at Supply Depot, dates Looper |
| Lina Mayfleet | main character, Messenger, lives with Granny Mayfleet and baby sister Poppy |
| Messenger Captain, Believer | Allis Fleery |
| Doon Harrow | Lina's friend, Pipeworks laborer |
| Pipeworks | where generator is |
| Podd Morethwart | 7th mayor of Ember who died, Lina's great-something grandfather |
| Small Items shop | Doon lives above this shop with his father. |
| Doon's book | Crawling and Flying Things |
| Mrs. Murdo | Lina's neighbor, takes in Lina and Poppy when Granny dies, gets Lina and Doon's message at the end of the book. |
| Poppy | Lina's baby sister, eats the instructions on how to leave Ember |
| How long is the longest blackout? | 7 minutes |
| Believers | people who believe the Builders will come again |
| Mysterious Words from the Past | Doon gets this book from the library, contains words and phrases from the past whose meanings have been forgotten |
| Singing | when the people of Ember come together and sing the three great songs of Ember |
| cans of peaches and creamed corn | rare items from the Supply Depot, Lizzie is stealing them |
| Tunnel 351 | where the mayor is hiding in a secret room |
| Clary Lane | in charge of the Greenhouse |
| Instructions for Egress | the name on the paper Poppy chewed, instructions for how to leave Ember |
| candles and matches make... | what makes movable light? |
| 3 Songs of the City of Ember | Song of the River, Song of Darkness, Song of the City |
| "they tell us we leave tonight" | first words in the book Lina and Doon find in the boat |
| 50 men, 50 women, 100 babies | first citizens of Ember |
| Mayor Cole | present mayor of Ember, stealing food and light bulbs |
| Unknown Regions | areas beyond the Pipeworks |
| Looper | has a store on Night Street with colored pencil |
| cans of peaches and creamed corn | becoming rare in Ember |
| $5 | what Lina pays for colored pencils from Looper's shop |
