The City of Ember
By: Jeanne DuPrau
A Novel Study
Student Packet
Name:______________ Period:____
VOCABULARY
Vocabulary for The City of Ember
Vocabulary #1 Activities
Place the letter of the definition next to the vocabulary word.
1. endeavor ____
a. Numerous overlapping coils or folds, complex, intricate
2. plummet ____
b. A small structure, used for a newsstand, booth, or
advertisements posted
3. hoist ____
c. A serious effort over time, an earnest attempt
4. methodically ____
d. The right or left side of a military formation
5. flank ____
e. Characterized by ordered habits or behavior, logically
6. vague ____
f. A sudden violent change in the earth’s surface, ruin, disaster
7. strewn ____
g. To fall straight down, plunge
8. lurk ____
h. hazy, unclear, fuzzy, indistinctly felt
9. egress ____
i. Raise or haul up with the help of a mechanical apparatus, lift
10. convoluted ____
j. Spiteful, nasty, cruel, mean, spiteful
11. vicious ____
k. A path or opening for going out, an exit, door outlet
12. kiosk ____
l. One who flees in search of refuge
13. refugees ____
m. To spread here and there, scatter
14. catastrophe ____
n. Sneak, lie in wait, hang about, creep around
Egress:
Hoist:
Vocabulary for The City of Ember
Vocabulary #1 Activities
Use the vocabulary words to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
1. Welcome, __________ from Ember! Page 250
2. He pulled himself upward, pushed again-he was higher now than Lina had been-
but suddenly his hands slid and he came __________ down. Page 20
3. She __________ recalled the incident of the light pole. Page 112
4. The door of the Gathering Hall opened, and the mayor came out, __________ by
two guards. Page 86
5. Nothing about this __________ is certain. There may be no one left in the city by
then or no safe place for them to come back to." Page 2
6. On the wall, clothes hung from hooks, and more clothes were __________ untidily
on the floor. Page 122
7. "Spreading __________ rumors," was the answer. Page 200
8. She had frightening dreams in which something dangerous was __________ in
the darkness. Page 132
9. ‘It means 'the way out'. It means 'the exit'. The title of this document is
'Instruction for __________'." Pages 170-171
10. Every day a team of people __________ sorted through the trash heaps in search
of anything that might be at all useful. Page 58
11. He ran a finger over their _________ surface. Page 181
12. In Selverton Square, he saw a _________ where the poster with his and Lina's
names on it had been pinned up. Page 227
13. Lina laughed, _________ her up, and danced with her around the shop. Page 23
14. What kind of place can this be, safe from earthly __________? Page 261
Vocabulary for The City of Ember
Vocabulary #2 Activities
Place the letter of the definition next to the vocabulary word.
1. endeavor ____
a) tangled up in
2. successor ____
b) people who search through discarded items for of
value
3. frayed _____
c) falling straight down
4. labyrinth _____
d) without making sense
5. scavengers _____
e) one who follows another in office
6. plummeting _____
f) worn along the edge, usually referring to a fabric
7. reverberating _____
g) to be present at
8. disreputable _____
h) maze
9. raucous _____
i) loud and rowdy
10.turbulent _____
j) full of violent motion
11.chasm _____
k) hard to get along with
12.attendance _____
l) a deep crack in the earth’s surface
13.enmeshed _____
m) serious effort over time
14.disagreeable _____
n) echoing
15.incoherently _____
0) not respectable
labyrinth:
chasm:
Vocabulary for The City of Ember
Vocabulary #2 Activities
Use the vocabulary words to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
1. I offered to repair the ______________collar of my sister’s favorite blouse.
2. Afraid that I would come into contact with ____________ companions, my
mother tried to send me to a school in another neighborhood.
3. The book came _______________ to the ground after accidentally being pushed
out the window.
4. John Adams was Washington’s ________________ as president.
5. We needed a guide to lead us through the ___________ of caves.
6. The deep _______________ tones of the organ bounced off the walls of the
church, filling the building with its sound.
7. To become an Olympic figure skater is a major ______________ that will take
years of hard work.
8. If I put the old furniture out at the curb, it won’t be long before ______________
come to take it away.
9. I couldn’t sleep because there was a ______________ party going on in the next
apartment.
10.The boat kept bouncing up and down and side by side as it sailed through the
_______________ waters.
11.The earthquake left a _______________ into which the house fell.
12.Every member of the board was in _______________ for the meeting.
13.After running around in circles, the dog was _______________ in the rope used
to tie him to the tree.
14.People often become _______________ when they are tired.
15. After she awoke from surgery, she was speaking _______________. .
Vocabulary for The City of Ember
Vocabulary #3 Activities
Place the letter of the definition next to the vocabulary word.
1. Discontinued _____
a. distinct
2. Disorderly _____
b. carefully
3. Ignited _____
c. strong
4. Illegible _____
d. section
5. Incomprehensible _____
e. strolling
6. Intact _____
f. delicious
7. Unintended _____
g. to stop, to give up
8. Sturdy _____
h. not to plan or used for
9. Compartment _____
i. not orderly, untidy, riotous
10. Methodically _____
j. whole, nothing missing
11. Unmistakable _____
k. to set fire to
12. Tainted _____
l. impossible to read
13. Sauntering _____
m. not able to be understood
14. Delectable _____
n. spoiled
ignite
Vocabulary for The City of Ember
Vocabulary #3 Activities
Use the vocabulary words to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
1. Bob _______________ put together the pieces of his model airplane.
2. The elderly couple was _______________ across the park on a beautiful spring afternoon.
3. My wallet has one _______________ for bills and another for coins.
4. His reputation was _______________ by rumors of dishonesty.
5. You should wear _______________ boots if you plan a long hike in the woods.
6. My mother won a prize for her _______________ apple pie.
7. Nobody can fail to recognize the _______________ sound of a hyena.
8. The message coming from the loudspeaker was _______________.
9. Knocking down the vase was an _______________ result of playing ball in the house.
10. Maria received her aunt’s stamp collection _______________.
11. The police will make sure that the crowd does not get _______________.
12. Because it was not popular, that car model was _______________.
13. Your handwriting is _______________.
14. The spark from the campfire _______________ the dry leaves.
Vocabulary for The City of Ember
Vocabulary #4 Activities
Place the letter of the definition next to the vocabulary word.
1. Slogans _____
a. not bright, not clear, dull
2. Impatience _____
b. fix firmly in a surrounding mass
3. Decipher _____
c. spotted
4. Convoluted _____
d. sayings
5. Mottled _____
e. complicated
6. Embedded _____
f. lacking patience
7. Dim _____
g. solve
8. Catastrophes _____
h. persistent, not giving up
9. Expanse _____
i. endless, lacking limits
10. Fretful _____
j. one who flee his home or country
11. Infinitely _____
k. great disaster
12. Refugees _____
l. a large area
13. Relentless _____
m. irritable, bad
14. Unhurriedly _____
n. does not move with haste, slow
Catastrophe
Refugees
Vocabulary for The City of Ember
Vocabulary #4 Activities
Use the vocabulary words to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
1. According to the legend, Arthur removed the sword that was _______________ in the stone.
2. Once you _______________ the code, you will be able to read the message.
3. In the _________________ light, we were unable to read the menu.
4. Advertisers use clever _______________ so that you will remember to buy their products.
5. Once the door was locked, no other _______________ was possible.
6. The girl’s skin was _______________ with small red marks from the measles.
7. When the singer failed to appear on stage, the crowd showed their _______________ by clapping and
stomping their feet.
8. The _______________ path winds around streams and boulders.
9. Hurricanes and earthquakes cause many _______________.
10. The Great Plains of the United States is a huge _______________ of land.
11. She walked ________________ to ISS.
12. He was _______________ in meeting his goals.
13. The _______________ fled their country, looking for a better life.
14. The students actions were _______________, so they had to talk to the Assistant Principal
Vocabulary for The City of Ember
Vocabulary #5 Activities
Place the letter of the definition next to the vocabulary word.
1. Abundance _____
a. violent disturbance, commotion
2. Accomplice _____
b. scattering
3. Curtly _____
c. furious
4. Defying _____
d. plentiful supply
5. Dispersing _____
e. person who helps another do something wrong or illegal
6. Enraged _____
f. unrolled
7. Impudence _____
g. with difficulty
8. Ponderously _____
h. shameless boldness
9. Rummaged _____
i. in a rudely abrupt manner
10. Tumult _____
j. searched thoroughly
11. Unfurled _____
k. resisting boldly or openly
Engraged:
Abundance:
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Analogies
Read each sentence. Determine the meaning of
the bold word. Next look at the analogy below
the sentence. Decide how the first two words
are related. In this exercise the first two words
will be either antonyms (opposites) or
synonyms (words with similar meanings). Next
choose a word from the word box to complete
each analogy. If the first two words are
antonyms you will look in the word box for an
antonym of the bold word. Likewise, if the first
two words are synonyms you will look for a
synonym of the bold word in the word box.
meddle
marched
standstill
slowly
inheritor
insignificant
gloomily
calm
proceed
separate
rejected
pity
easygoing
rapid
push
Example: When she grew old, and her time as mayor was up, she explained about the box to her
successor, who also kept the secret carefully, as did the next mayor.
shout : yell :: successor : ___inheritor______
1. As they came to a halt in the middle of the street or stood stock-still in their houses,
afraid to move in their utter blackness, they were reminded of something they preferred
not to think about: that someday the lights of the city might go out and never come back
on.
enormous : massive :: halt : ______________________
2. Both the girl and the boy were making urgent wishes.
hidden : visible :: urgent : ______________________
3. Again his eyes moved back and forth along the rows of students, and again he nodded, as
if someone had confirmed what he'd said.
forgotten : remembered :: confirmed : ______________________
4. The mayor held out the bag with one hand and put the other behind his back, as if to show
he would not interfere.
vital : important :: interfere : ______________________
5. Besides, she had reached the point where the suspense was giving her a stomach ache.
quiet : loud :: suspense : ______________________
6. Lina hesitated a moment, then put her hand inside and fingered the bits of paper.
full : empty :: hesitate : ______________________
7. There was a sigh of sympathy from the class.
lost : missing :: sympathy : ______________________
8. A swift underground river ran through the Pipeworks, and every now and then someone
fell into it and was lost.
hazardous : dangerous :: swift : ______________________
9. Lina stared miserably down at a letter B someone had scratched into her desktop long
ago.
silence : stillness :: miserably
: ______________________
10. Then he stalked back to his desk and flung himself down.
unhurried : slow :: stalked : ______________________
11. He held up a stern finger as he said this and moved his eyes slowly from one face to the
next.
best : worst :: stern : ______________________
12. Lina stood on the steps for a moment and gazed across Harken Square, where people
walked briskly, bundled up cozily in their coats and scarves, or talked to one another in
the pools of light beneath the great streetlamps.
stop : run :: briskly : ______________________
13. He thrust his hands into his pockets.
trade : swap :: thrust : ______________________
14. Messengers connected everyone to everyone else.
same : different :: connected
: ______________________
CHAPTER EXERCISES
The City of Ember
Study Questions: Introduction and Chapters 1 – 2, Pages 1 – 39
1.
How did the builders of Ember make sure that the instructions would not be seen for two hundred and
twenty years?
2. How did the builders plan to keep the box safe and secret?
3. What went wrong with the builders’ plan?
4. Why is electricity especially important for the city of Ember?
5. Why does the mayor come to the classroom on the last day of school?
6. Why is Lina disappointed when she picks “Pipeworks Laborer” as her job?
7. Why does Doon change jobs with Lina?
8. Why is Lina surprised by Doon’s criticism of the city of Ember?
9. Why is no one in Ember sure of the hour, day of the week, or year?
10. What is the Messenger’s job?
11. After the city was built how long would it be before the people could leave?
12. What is the name of the ‘square,’ where the Gathering Hall was located?
13. How did Lina’s mom die? Dad die?
14. Why was Lina on the Gathering Hall roof?
15. What did the chief guard suggest as a punishment for Lina?
16. What are the two main problems in the city of Ember?
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Study Questions: Introduction and Chapters 3-7, Pages: 40 - 112
1. How does working as a Pipeworks laborer convince Doon that the city is in even worse shape than he
had suspected?
2. Why is Doon’s first look at the generator disappointing to him? From the store?
3. Why is it important to Doon to be the one to save the city?
4. Why does Lina ask Mrs. Murdo to check up on her grandmother during the day?
5. Why does the newly named job of trash sifter cause Lina to worry?
6. Why does Sadge come to the greenhouse in a state of panic?
7. Why does Clary give Lina a bean seed?
8. Why does Lina have trouble finding Poppy after she wanders away from the store?
9. Why don’t the colored pencils bring Lina happiness?
10. Who does Lina buy the colored pencils from?
11. Why do the people show anger toward the mayor at the town meeting?
12. What makes Lina think that the box from the closet contains something important?
13. What day of the week did Lina get off?
14. Why don’t Captain Fleery and the other Believers worry about the state of the city of Ember?
15. What strategy do most of the people in ember use to cope with the shortages and blackouts?
16. Who did Lina write a letter to about the document she found?
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Chapter 5
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Compass Directions: Using the map of
Ember find the following location:
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river
greenhouses
school
unknown regions
The information from page 43 will help you. "Doon knew he was standing beneath the north edge
of Ember. In school, you were taught to remember the directions this way: north was the
direction of the river; south was the direction of the greenhouses; east was the direction of the
school; and west was the direction left over, having nothing in particular to mark it."
Using the map of Ember follow the directions in Chapter 5 to track Lina's Path. Begin by finding
Lina's home. Look at the legend and find the symbol that represents Lina's apartment. Circle
Lina's home.
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So that afternoon she set out for Night Street. (Which direction is Lina going to go from
her apartment if she is heading for Night Street?)
On Budloe Street, people were standing in long line with their bundles of laundry at the
washing station. (Trace Lina's path from her home to Budloe Street.)
Lina turned up Hafter Street, where the four streetlamps were still out... ((Lina turned up
Hafter Street, so she must be going north.)
But as she went into Otterwill Street, she saw something that made her slow down. A man
was standing on the steps of the Gathering Hall, shouting and howling... (Continue tracing
Lina's trip going north on Hafter towards Otterwill.)
She headed towards Night Street, which ran along Greengate Square. (Which direction will
Lina turn on Otterwill if she is heading towards Night Street?)
Two blocks beyond, she came to a store that had no sign in its window. (Since Lina is
going two blocks beyond Night Street she must have followed it to the end of Night Street.
Trace this with your pencil.)
Lina recognized him. He was the one who'd given her the message for the mayor on her
very first day of work. His name was Hooper-no, Looper, that was it. (Find Looper's Shop
and trace the next stage of Lina's journey.)
She turned to go, and that was when she saw that the baby was no longer in the store.
She darted into the street and looked in both directions.
Maybe down toward Greengate Square, where there were more people walking around.
She began to run.
Then suddenly her hand touched empty air. This would be Dedlock Street.
Lina ran toward Greengate Square... (Lina leaves Looper's Shop and heads towards
Greengate Square. Which way is she going on Dedlock Street?)
On the Bee Street side of the square stood a few people....Lina ran up to them and asked
her question. (Find Bee Street. Trace the shortest path from Dedlock to Bee Street.)
and through the door came someone leading Poppy by the hand. Who was with Poppy?
City of Ember Map
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Chapter 7 A Message Full of Holes
Coding
Can you solve these puzzles? Hyphens (dashes) are used to give the location of missing letters.
(Example: w-rd - word) Asterisks (stars) mean that any number of unknown letters belong in the
missing space. (*zzle - puzzle)
1. Po-py and L* are si*s.
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2. Gra*y found the m*ng b-x.
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3. Doon is wo*g in the Pip*ks.
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4. P-ppy wan*d off du*g the bl*out.
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5. D*n fou-d P*y.
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6. Li-a l*es being a m*er.
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7. Sadge was ups-t after go-ng to the unkn-wn reg*s.
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8. Je*e Du*u wro-e The C-ty of E*r.
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9. Gra-ny is tear*g up the ap*nt looking for something imp*ant.
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10. Wi-l L*a be able to s-lve the p*e?
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Study Questions: Introduction and Chapters 8-11, Pages: 113 - 154
1. Why does Lina decide to take the document to Doon?
2. Why is Doon interested in the subject of fire?
3. How does Doon react when he sees Lina’s document?
4. Why does Lina decide to go to the Pipeworks?
5. Why are Lina and Doon disappointed during their after-hours visit to the Pipeworks?
6. Why does Granny call Lina into her room in the middle of the night?
7. In what ways does Mrs. Murdo show she is “somewhere between a friend and a relative” to Lina?
8. How has life in Ember changed since the seven-minute power outage?
9. Why does Lizzie try to avoid Lina when they see one another on the street
10. Why does Lina refuse to accept Lizzie’s offer of more food in the future?
11. What was granny looking for?
12. Why did Lina think the piece of paper came from the Builders?
13. According to the mayor what was the worst possible thing people could do?
14. What happened to Granny at the end of chapter 10?
15. Who does Lina and Poppy go to live with?
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Chapters 8 -9
Determining Fact and Opinion - Some of the following sentences are statements of fact. Some are
statements of opinion. In the blank before each sentence, write the letter F if that sentence is a statement of
fact. Write O if that sentence is a statement of opinion.
Example:
_____O______
The books in the Ember Library were of little use.
1.
Once you got good at using your wrenches and brushes and tubes of glue, it wasn't
hard.
2.
To keep from getting lost , he dropped a trail of things as he walked - washers,
bolts, pieces of wire, whatever he had in his tool belt - and then he picked them up
on his way back.
3.
There were interesting things in the Pipeworks if you paid attention.
4.
His sudden motion made the creature fall off his arm to the ground, and Doon felt a
crunch beneath his foot.
5.
The generator was hopeless.
6.
The walls of both rooms were lined with shelves, and on most of the shelves were
hundreds of packets of pages.
7.
Sometimes you could find useful things just by choosing randomly from the shelves.
8.
To Lina, this sounded far less interesting than an undiscovered city, but she didn't
say so.
9.
There's some sort of odd mechanism here.
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___________
___________
___________
___________
___________
___________
___________
___________
10. Lina shivered.
___________
11. It was cold down in the tunnel, a cold that she felt all the way through, cold flesh,
cold blood, cold bones.
___________
12. Lina thought it would be grand to stand before all of Ember, announcing their
discovery.
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Study Questions: Introduction and Chapters 12-15, Pages: 155 - 212
1. What does Doon discover when he opens the door to the locked room in Tunnel 351?
2. Why is it getting harder for people in Ember to put the problem of failing electricity out of their minds?
3. How does Doon’s information about the store room relate to Looper?
4. How does Lina realize that Doon is her best friend?
5. Why does Lina go to see Clary?
6. In what ways does Clary give Lina new hope about the instructions?
7. Why does Doon have trouble sleeping after spending the evening with Lina?
8. How do Doon and Lina discover movable lights to guide them on their path?
9. What do Doon and Lina discover is the way out of Ember?
10. Why does Doon put off telling his father about the way out of Ember?
11. Why does Nammy Proggs direct the guards to the trash heaps?
12. What does the ‘moth flying away’ represent?
13. Why do Doon and Lina hide in the school?
14. Why are the guards after Doon and Lina?
15. Who does Doon and Lina write a letter to, to tell her about the Builder’s letter?
16. What job was second in authority to the mayor?
17. When did Lina and Doon plan to tell everyone in the city about what they found?
18. According to Doon, what does ‘hogwash’ mean?
19. What did they find in the unlocked room while they used the candle as a light?
20. Who did Doon find in the pipeworks room and what was around him?
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Chapter 12 A Dreadful Discovery
Chapter 13 Deciphering the Message
Cause and Effect:
To determine a cause, ask "What is the reason?" To determine an effect, ask "What is the result?"
Match the causes and effects below. Write the number of the cause in front of its effect.
Cause
Effect
1. The key was left in the lock.
_________ Lizzie and Looper have extra supplies.
2. Lina's grandmother died.
_________ Everyone was nervous.
3. Looper works in the storerooms.
_________ Lina and Poppy moved in with Mrs.
Murdo.
4. Doon told Lina that the mayor
_________ Doon discovered a storage room full of
crates and boxes, sacks and bundles and
packages.
5. There had been five blackouts in
_________ Lina and Doon went to the guards.
was stealing from the people of
Ember.
a row during the week.
6. Doon kept thinking about all that
_________ Lina learned the title of the document
was "Instructions for Egress."
7. Doon traced his exploration of the
_________ Protestors paced back and forth carrying
signs at Harken Square.
Lina had told him about the
document.
Pipeworks in his mind to help him
get to sleep.
8. Mayor Cole promised the people of _________ Lina had more messages to carry than
Ember that he had solutions for
the power outages.
ever.
9. Clary went to Lina's room at Mrs.
_________ Doon was unable to sleep and woke up
his father.
10. People were afraid to come out of
_________ Doon remembered the rocks with writing
that bordered the river.
Murdo's home to see the
document.
their homes.
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Study Questions: Introduction and Chapters 16-20, Pages: 213 – 270
1. Why didn’t Lina set her escape plan in motion immediately upon devising it
with Doon?
2. How does Lina manage to escape from the mayor?
3. How does Lina know that Doon is on his way to the river?
4. Why does Doon leave a note on the kiosk?
5. How does Lina add risk to her escape from Ember?
6. How many people were originally place in Ember?
7. Why did Doon light candles and brought them along on the boat?
8. How did Lina keep track of Poppy?
9. Who did Lina bring to the Pipeworks?
10.Why is Lina terrified during the boat ride?
11.How do the children know when their boat journey ends?
12.How did Lina’s lapse of memory create a problem for the citizens of Ember?
13.Why do the children think that their arrival has been expected?
14.What amazes the children most when they observe the landscape beyond
the tunnel?
15.How do the children reveal that there were no birds in Ember?
16.Why did the builders tell the first residents of Ember to bring no books or
photographs and say nothing ever again about their former world?
17.What do Lina and Doon conclude as they observe Ember from the Cliff?
18. Why do Lina and Doon drop their message to Clary down to Ember?
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Chapters 16 & 17
Classifying Words
In each group of words below, one word does not belong with the others. Read all four words in
each group. Decide which word doesn't belong and cross it out.
Example:
mayor
Believers
protestors
citizens
Mayor does not belong because he is a single person. The rest are plural.
1. Gathering Hall
Clock Tower
Vegetable Market
Prison Room
2. library
books
paper
colored pencils
3. freedom
unrestricted
escape
independence
4. Barton Snode
Mayor Cole
Clary
Looper
5. total darkness
gray
solid blackness
blackout
6. roar
silence
rumble
shout
7. panic
shriek
cries
scream
8. shine
floodlights
lamps
matches
9. father
grandmother
Poppy
sister
10. Pipeworks
generator
tunnels
greenhouses
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Chapters 18 - 19
Choosing Correct Meanings
Study the two different meanings of each word in the boxes. Then read the sentences. Complete
each sentence by writing one word from the selection in the boxes. You will use each word twice.
One that is
exactly like
another
Being below
the correct
pitch
To plunge
headlong
match
A narrow
piece of
wood coated
on one end
with a
compound
that ignites
when
scratched
against a
rough or
chemically
treated
surface
Relatively
hard,
naturally
formed
mineral or
petrified
matter;
stone
flat
Having a
horizontal
surface
without a
slope
A tone of
definite
pitch
pitch
Idiom black as
pitch
(meaning
total
darkness)
The part of
a body of
liquid or gas
that has a
continuous
onward
movement
rock
To move
back and
forth or from
side to side
Aa usually
wooden
implement
having a
blade at one
end or
sometimes
at both
ends, used
without an
oarlock to
propel a
canoe or
small boat
paddle
note
A brief
informal
letter
Confined by
bonds; tied
bound
Determined;
resolved
current
A flow of
electric
charge
To become
lodged or
jammed.
wedge
Any shape
that is
triangular in
cross section
To move
through
water by
means of
repeated
short strokes
of the limbs
1. He touched the ________________ to the candle, and the light grew steadier.
2. In the complete darkness the boat started to ________________ , rock, and roll.
3. And then at last the __________________ slowed, and the boat stopped thrashing about
so wildly.
4. All the boats were an exact ________________ of each other.
5. Doon found a ________________ rock to set out the food he had brought with him for
the journey.
6. The seats in the boat were ________________ -shaped.
7. Lina and Doon had planned to announce their discovery at the Singing after the
last __________________ was sung.
8. When the candles blew out Lina, Doon, and Poppy were in the ________________
darkness.
9. Doon was amazed that he had a light that didn't need the electric __________________
created by the generator.
10. Lina said, "We are ________________ to find the way out soon."
11. The boat began to pitch and
________________ with the current.
12. They found places to __________________ all three candles into the frame of the boat,
so they could keep their hands free.
13. Using a __________________ to poke against the walls, Doon guided the boat around the
edge of the pool.
14. His voice sounded __________________ in this closed-in place.
15. The packet was wrapped in slippery, greenish material and __________________ up with
a strap.
16. Poppy stuck her hands into the water and started to __________________ .
17. They sat on the __________________ for a while, eating the food Doon had brought.
18. Lina reached in her pocket and pulled out the __________________ she had written.