City+of+Ember+Questions

=**Marcus JT**=

Explain the beginning and what is important with the box. Answer: There is a map inside the box that tells the way out of Ember.

Where is the city and what is the problem that the citizens are experiencing? Answer: The city is underground and the citizens are running out of electricity and light.

What is assignment day? What is pipe works and what is a messenger? Answer: Assignment day is the day where some people get a job. Pipe works is when you work with the pipes in the city. A messenger is a person who delivers messages around to people.

Who are the builders? What did they build? What part do they play? Answer: The builders where those who built the city. And also the box and the way out.

Is the mayor trustworthy explain why or why not? Answer: The mayor isn't trustworthy because he steals food from the citizens in his private burrow.

Why are the mayors men searching for the kids? Answer: The kids know about the Mayor's burrow and the mayor don't want the kids to tell the people about it.

What do the kids' parents have in common? Answer: The kids escaped from Ember and the fathers also try'ed, but then one dad drowned and the other one retreated.

Make a short summary of the ending. Answer: Lina, Doon and Lina's little sister succeeded to find the exit of Ember. When they came up, it was in the middle of the night and they thought that it just was darkness everywhere, so they lay down and slept, and the next morning they waked up and saw the sunrise. Then they found a hole were they could see Ember, there they threw down s rock with a message on it. The rock landed exactly infront of Doon's father.

What is going black for good and why? Answer: The generator that's generating light and electricity is slowly breaking apart.

Why does the Mayor seem afraid that someone will know about the box? Answer: He dosen't want anyone to leave the city.

What is happening with the food? Answer: The mayor is eating it all.

How can the granny know about the box? Answer: she has lived in the city for a long tome and were related to a mayor.

Explain what part her dead father plays in the story. Answer: Her father drowned in the pipes while trying to escape from Ember. Doon has his pipe works-helmet with her/his Lastname on it.