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Chapter 14: What Torren Did 1. Why would Torren refer to the People of Ember as "cave people?" **Torren reffered the people of Ember the cave people because they were living underground, in a cave.**

2. Why was Torren hurling tomatoes at the shed wall? **He throw tomatoes at the shed wall because he was very angery and needed to get that off him, and to frame Doon so the people of sparks would kick out the people of Ember.**

3. Why did Torren set Doon up? **It was part of Torren's plan to get the People of Ember out of Sparks.**

4. What is the main __idea__ of this chapter? **Torren framed Doon of something he didn't do to his plan to get the People of Ember out of Sparks.**

Chapter 15: A Long Hot Ride 5. Why was Maddy standing up for Lina? **Because she knew what Lina was going through, and since she was onboard, she felt to at least make her feel at home.**

6. Why will Lina have to get used to fires if she is a Roamer? **She has to get used to fires because she has to warm up so in the night she doesn't get hypolthermia.**

7. Write a short summary of this chapter. **Lina wants to know what these "cities" look like so she hid in Casper's __truck__ and eventually they found her and need to take care of a third person.**

Chapter 16: The Starving Roamer 8. What are "provisions?" **?** 9. Describe where Maddy came from. Underline the adjectives in your answer. **Maddy came from a __small__**, **__old__**
 * place where barly any roamers came to because they were __poor__.**

10. Describe how Maddy and Lina are alike. **They are both nice and caring for each other.**

11. What does it mean on page 187 when it says that Maddy was more than Casper bargained for? **???**

12. Why did the bandit steal the food and dump dirt on the rest of what they had? **Because earlyer they refused to give some food to a dying man so for revenge he did that.**

13. Why did Casper at the end of the chapter laugh, open and close his fingers, and stretch and grip?**Because he was happy he was almost at the city.** -- -

Read chapters 17, The Second Town Meeting, Caspar's Quest and Unfairness and What to do About it. Due Friday, April 20th Chapter 17: Doon Accused 1. Why did the People of Sparks assume that Doon was guilty? **Because they thought who would just run all this way just to frame him.**

2. On page 199, Edward Pocket stated that, "It's a gargantuan task," what does this mean? **A very big task.**

3. Describe Kenny. **He is a humble young man that knows that Doon didn't do it.**

4. Why didn't Doon know about seasons? Why must this might be a problem? **He didn't know because in Ember there were no seasons and this might be a problem because they don't know how harsh winter is.**

The Second Town Meeting 5. Why did Ben suggest that the People of Ember eat someplace else? **Because the people of Ember is 'creating problems' and wanted his town not to go hungry.**

Chapter 18: Caspar's Quest 6. Explain what the "talk of the treasure" is all about? **There is supposedly a treasure in this ancient city there going to.**

7. **How did Caspar figure out the location of the treasure? He took all the songs and made them into numbers and he knows what they mean.**

Chapter 19: Unfairness and What to do About it 8. What assignment did Chugger give to Doon and why? **He had to clean out the mucky fountain because he was mad at Doon for doing a crime.**

9. Why did Doon eventually lose control to Chugger? **Because he was sick the way he was being treated and he just lost it.**

10. What is going on at the end of this chapter? **Some people have second thoughts on if Doon did the crime or not.**

Read chapters 20, 21 and 22 and the Third Town Meeting. Due Monday, April 23rd Chapter 20: The City Destroyed

1. Describe the city that they found. **It was a runned down abandond city that looked like nothing was in it.**

2. What does it mean when Maddy said that Caspar was, "Lost in his calculations?" **He wasn't paying any attention because he was to busy doing his own stuff.**

3. Summarize this chapter. **Casper, Maddy and Lina have found this anceint city that supposidly has a treasere in it.**

Chapter 21: Attack and Counterattack 4. What does Doon's father propose that the People of Ember should do or not do? **He did ot want the people of Ember to rebel because it would be like a treagedy, like the Disaster.**

5. Why did Tick think that the People of Sparks gave them poison? **Because that meant that they didn't want them in their town because they were ruining it.**

6. Why would the people, "Fill their pockets and run?" **So they had some food, then being starved and barley get any food.**

7. How did the People of Ember arm themselves and why?**They used the metal towel hangers and used them as wepons so when the People of Sparks came back, they would ambush them.**

8. Why did Doon feel that he had a problem? **He did not feel right doing all this war stuff because this was to be a happy place, out of Ember.**

Chapter 22: Discoveries 9. Why did Maddy tell Lina to pretend to be sick? **So she did not have to go with Casper so they can have a head start running away.**

10. Why did Lina love being a Roamer in a strange way? **It was fun because you were looking for treasures.**

11. What were some of the things that Lina found being a Roamer? **She found a picture, a dog collar, and Monopoly.**

12. Why did the song make Lina leap up and clap her hands? **She thought it was interesting that a song was made up to find her and her people.**

13. Explain how the People of Ember fit into the song? **The people of Ember came from underground and the people were to be the last people on Earth.**

The Third Town Meeting 14. Would you make the People of Ember leave? Why or why not? **No because they have no skills to survive and no food either.**

15. What do you think the "Weapon" is all about? **I think the wepon is like a gun, to threaten any one who tries to rebel.**

16. What was the argument between Mary and Ben? **Mary did not want the people to leave becaues they have no skills to survive and kicking them out would want them to rebel more.**

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 the wepon is a gun to shoot any one to threaten to rebel.**

2. Why doesn't Doon's father think it's a good idea to fight? **Because they would have to live with that always in the way of their lives.**

3. What were the demands of the people according to Tick? Do you agree or disagree and why? **They were to rebel and strike back if they do one more bad thing to them or there homes.** 5. Why does Tick want war? 6. Why is Doon uncomfortable with this idea? What do you think they might do?

Chapter 24: 7. Why did Doctor Hester say that they war would be "everywhere?" **The war will be throughout the city.**

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? **It is a ran down place full of wolves and bantits.**

10. Explain what Maddy had to say about war? Give evidence from the book. **She said turn the thing around.**

11. What do you think will happen next? Make a prediction based on evidence from the book. **I think the war will get out of hand and they will burn down the city.**