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Chapter 4 Summary In chapter 4 lina poppy and mrs. murdo go to dr. hesters house so poppy can be treated for her sickness. when they got there dr. hester lit a fire in the fireplace and they all got scared because they have never seen a fire before exept for on a candle. when torren found out that he was getting his room taken away from him he was very mad and he had to sleep in the medicine room. lina went to bed not knowing what to think of this new world but just hoped she got used to it.

Chapter 14: What Torren Did 1. Why would Torren refer to the People of Ember as "cave people?" He refered to cave people because the people of ember were living in a caveunderground. 2. Why was Torren hurling tomatoes at the shed wall? Because he was mad that lina could go with Casper but not him. 3. Why did Torren set Doon up? He set up Doon because if it wasnt for him the people of Ember never would have came to Sparks. 4. What is the main idea of this chapter? The main idea of this chapter is Torren getting mad and then blaming Doon.

Chapter 15: A Long Hot Ride 5. Why was Maddy standing up for Lina? She is letting Lina stay because she doesnt want to be crewl and just leave her out in the open with no food. 6. Why will Lina have to get used to fires if she is a Roamer? She will have to get used to fires bacause they make a fire every night when they stop for the night. 7. Write a short summary of this chapter. Maddy saw Lina in the crate but said that she wouldnt mind if Lina stayed because she could be helpful but when Caspar found out he was very agery and didnt want to take her with but maddy stod up for Lina so Lina was able to stay. When they stopped to make a fire Lina's foot gat burned by a spark.

Chapter 16: The Starving Roamer 8. What are "provisions?" Provisions are the providing or supplying of something, especially food or other necessities. 9. Describe where Maddy came from. Underline the adjectives in your answer. She came from a __small, cold and poor__ city. houses made of __old__ boards. __bad__ soil for growing things, there was never __enough__ food. Maddy sad it was __withering__. 10. Describe how Maddy and Lina are alike. They both came from an ending place and they are both trying to get away from it all. 11. What does it mean on page 187 when it says that Maddy was more than Casper bargained for? It meant that she was more that he expected. 12. Why did the bandit steal the food and dump dirt on the rest of what they had? Beacuse he was mad that Casper didnt give him any food. 13. Why did Casper at the end of the chapter laugh, open and close his fingers, and stretch and grip? He did that because he was so excited and he couldnt wait.

Chapter 17: Doon Accused 1. Why did the People of Sparks assume that Doon was guilty? Because tick made up a good lie and told everybody at the place it happened. and also because the people of sparks thought nobody in Sparks would waste food. 2. On page 199, Edward Pocket stated that, "It's a gargantuan task," what does this mean? Gargantuant means very big so all of that means "a big task." 3. Describe Kenny. Kenny is a very nice but shy person and he is Mr. and Mrs. Parton's kid. 4. Why didn't Doon know about seasons? Why must this might be a problem? Doon didnt know about the seasons because in Ember they were underground so the weather was alway the same. This might be a problem because in Sparks there are seasons so now he just figured out that they cant grow food when the people of Ember have to leave Sparks.

The Second Town Meeting 5. Why did Ben suggest that the People of Ember eat someplace else? Because it is too hard for the household families to care for them and a couple of people complained about inconvenience.

Chapter 18: Caspar's Quest 6. Explain what the "talk of the treasure" is all about? Its about how Casper told Lina about the secret treasure hidden in the city. 7. How did Caspar figure out the location of the treasure? He counted all the letters and words in all the versions of the rymes and told him the number of the streets and houses.

Chapter 19: Unfairness and What to do About it 8. What assignment did Chugger give to Doon and why? he made him clean the water fountain and i think he made doon do it because Chugger still thought that Doon threw the tomatoes and wanted to punish him for it. 9. Why did Doon eventually lose control to Chugger? I think he lost control because Chugger made fun of him and called him a barbarian. 10. What is going on at the end of this chapter? At the end of this chapter Doon and Tick were talking about how to get back At the people of Sparks. One idea was to refuse to do any work. Another was to steal the food from the storeroom.

Chapter 20: The City Destroyed 1. Describe the city that they found. The city was a rundown place with grass growing everywere and everything was broken. 2. What does it mean when Maddy said that Caspar was, "Lost in his calculations?" It meant he was confused with his map for the city. 3. Summarize this chapter. they finaly arrive at the city. They find out that this place is much more destroyed than they thought. When they go to sleep Maddy and Lina talk about how that could have happened to the city and they thought it was because of revenge.

Chapter 21: Attack and Counterattack 4. What does Doon's father propose that the People of Ember should do or not do? 5. Why did Tick think that the People of Sparks gave them poison? Because every person got something called poison oak which gives you a rash that is has red bumps and is really itchy so he thought that a person of Sparks gave it to all of them. 6. Why would the people, "Fill their pockets and run?" They would fill their pockets with anything that would be of use and run before they get attacked. 7. How did the People of Ember arm themselves and why? They are arming themselfs with rocks metal rods and knifes because they are going to war with the people of Sparks. 8. Why did Doon feel that he had a problem? Because he felt weird going to war.

Chapter 22: Discoveries 9. Why did Maddy tell Lina to pretend to be sick? So she didnt have to go and help Casper try and find the treasure. 10. Why did Lina love being a Roamer in a strange way? Because she got to explore a lot of things just like in Ember. 11. What were some of the things that LIna found being a Roamer? Lina found a silver locket, a magnifying glass, a dog collar, a toy car, a monopoly game, a magnet, dolls, dried up paint, and book pages. 12. Why did the song make Lina leap up and clap her hands? She leaped up and claped her hands because the city in the the song was the city of Ember and the treasure was the people. 13. Explain how the People of Ember fit into the song? Because it said that the treasure was underground and that it was more valuble than dimonds and gold.

The Third Town Meeting 14. Would you make the People of Ember leave? Why or why not? I would make them leave because i would know that Sparks cant support that many people and i would want to stay alive. 15. What do you think the "Weapon" is all about? I think that it is some sort of bomb, like a nuke or something. 16. What was the argument between Mary and Ben? The argument was about, letting the people of ember stay or make them leave and probably die.

Read chapters 23, Part 3: The Decision, 24 and 25 Due Wednesday, April 25th 1. What do you think is the Weapon? What hints do they give in the book? I think it is a bomb because Lina saud that it could take out the entire city and a bomb can take out a city. 2. Why doesn't Doon's father think it's a good idea to fight? He thinks that war is abad idea because it will end up with a lot of people dead and no one will give up until the other side does. 3. What were the demands of the people according to Tick? Do you agree or disagree and why? The demands were, to have better living spaces, to be treated fairly, and to have a decent amount of food every day. I agree because the people of sparks are just trying to feed themselvs without giving much to the people of ember and none of this fighting would have happened if Torren wouldnt have blamed Doon for the Tomatoe incident so the people of ember actualy havent done a thing to the people of sparks. 5. Why does Tick want war? Because the people of sparks have so many bad things to the people of ember and he wants to get back at them. 6. Why is Doon uncomfortable with this idea? What do you think they might do? Doon is uncomfertable with this idea because he doesnt like war, it makes him sick. I think he will hide somewere with Lina, Poppy and mrs. Murdow.

Chapter 24: 7. Why did Doctor Hester say that they war would be "everywhere?" Because when war happens it is not in one general spot it is literatly everywere.

Chapter 25: 8. What two gifts did Lina bring back for Doon? A magnet and a magnifying glass. 9. Describe the Empty Land? What would you do? There was not anything that was living exept grass and wolves. I would probly fight to the death for rights. 10. Explain what Maddy had to say about war? Give evidence from the book. She said that it starts with one person doing something bad to a different person then they do something to them and it goes on and on like that until it turns into a full out war. (pg. 281, 282) 11. What do you think will happen next? Make a prediction based on evidence from the book. I think that there will be a war because everyone is getting weapons ready for the day that the peoplle of ember have to leave.

Read chapters 26 and 27 Due Friday, April 27th The Weapon 1. What were the people of Ember hoping to accomplish by starting a war? Do you agree/disagree and why? They were hoping to make the people of Sparks let them stay longer because they had no expirience in building and they wanted to learn more before they had to go. I dont agree because if they didnt do anytghing in the first place none of this would have happened they couyld have talked it over. 2. Why won't the People of Sparks even listen? Because there has already been too much fighting. 3. Why did Doon feel that he was on neither side? He felt that way because he didnt like the idea of fighting and he didnt want to be one of the people of sparks. 4. On page 292, what does the word "disperse" mean? To spread something around equaly. 5. Describe the "weapon." The weapon is some kind of gun that obviosly hasnt been used in a while because it exploded. 6. Why would Doon save Torren? He saved him because he didnty want to see him die. Chapter 27 Firefight 7. Why were some people shouting, "let it burn?" They were saying that because they wanted to burn the building down. 8. What did Lina do that people called her a "traitor?" She helped the people of sparks with the water to put the fire. 9. What was happening by the end of this chapter? Most of city was burning down and then the people of Ember helped out to put out the fire.

Read chapters 28, The Fourth Town Meeting and chapter 29 Due Monday, April 30th Chapter 28 Surprising Truths 1. Why did Mrs. Murdo think that Lina was very brave? She thought she was brave because it took a lot of courage to go and help out the people of sparks. 2. Who lied and why? Tick lied because he knew there was going to be a war and he wanted to have soldiers that wanted to fight so he got them mad so they fought with tick. 3. Why is Caspar searching for a treasure? he is searching for treasure because he wants to have everything or the thing that is the tresure.

4. What did Doon know about Tick? Doon knew that Tick did all those things to the people of Ember. 5. On page 319 Mary says, "We were almost on the edge of prosperity. We feared that you would push us back into deprivation." What does this statement mean? Prosperity means asuccessful, flourishing, or thriving condition and deprivation means to remove so this means the city was almost gone and they were scared that the people of ember would kill them. 6. Why did Mary change her mind about the People of Ember? Mary changed he mind because she knew that the people of ember didnt know how to do anything so she canged her mind. 7. Why did Tick want to make the people angry? He wanted to make people angry because he needed an army to fight against the people of sparks. 8. On page 322, Mary stated, "We should take note, of how easy it is to bring out the worst in us. The actions of a few troubled individuals fanned resentments into violence. Only an accident kept us from murdering each other." What does this mean and why is it so important? It means that it is very easy to start a war and only one accident kept them from killing each other. 9. What were the matches a symbol of? They were used as money to trade.

Chapter 29 10. What did Caspar bring back and why was this item ironic? Casper broght back lightbulbs and it is ironic becvause Doon figured out how to make a moveable light but he didnt have a lightbulb. 11. Explain the ending of the book. What do you think might happen if the book had continued? At the end of the book Doon had finaly figured out how to make a movable light and torren had a lightbulb to put in it. I think if the book went on Doon would make a bunch of Portable lights. 12. Did you like this book? Rate from a 1-10 and give reasons as to what you liked or disliked. I would give it a 9 because ity gave great detail about everything but it was hard to understand at some points.