C Uncover the secret of Ember!

Book to Movie Online Contest


The contest is open to children and young adults residing in Sarasota County and surrounding areas. While others may participate for fun, prizes will only be awarded to those who reside in Florida.  If you have any questions please feel free to  contact us via email.


1) In book, the reader does not officially learn that Ember is underground until the end of the book. When do the viewers learn this in the movie?

In the end of the movie like the book.
In the beginning of the movie.
Viewers never learn that it is underground.

Ember is not underground.

2) In the movie, the graduating students receive their work assignments in a ceremony in the auditorium of the school. Where do they receive their assignments in the book?

In the greenhouses.
In the auditorium like in the movie.
In their classroom.
In Harken Square.

3) In the book, Lina's father died from the coughing sickness. How did he die in the movie?


He died in the pipeworks while trying to find a way out of Ember.
He died of coughing sickness like the book.
He died while trying to fix a light in the greenhouse.

Lina's father doesn't die in the movie.


4) In the movie, there are large creatures that chase Lina and Doon. Are these creatures in the book?

Yes
No


5) In the book, Mrs. Murdo finds the rock with the note that Lina and Doon drop down onto Ember from the surface. Who finds the note in the movie?

The mayor.
Mrs. Murdo like the book.
Clary
Doon's father.


6) In the movie, the citizens of Ember are forbidden to leave the city. Is this the case in the book?

Yes, they are forbidden by law.
No, they are not forbidden but most people don't try to leave because it is too dark beyond the  city.

7) In the book, Lina and Doon find the boats in a hidden room beside the river. Where are the boats in the movie?

In a hidden room beside the river like the book.
In a food storage room.
I
n the pipeworks locker room where the oddly shaped lockers become boats.  
They don't find boats in the movie.

8) In the movie, the mayor is eaten by a giant mole. Does this happen in the book?

Yes
No


9) In the book, all of the citizens of Ember meet in Harken Square once a year to sing the songs of Ember as a group. Does this happen in the movie?

Yes
No

10) In the movie, Lina?s and Doon?s fathers had previously tried to find a way out of Ember but were unsuccessful. What happened in the book?

They found the way out and left the city before Lina and Doon found it.
They tried to find a way out but were unsuccessful like in the movie
They found the way out but chose to stay with their children.
They never tried to find a way out.

11) In the book, Lina temporarily loses her sister, Poppy, when the lights go out for a long period of time while Lina is buying colored pencils. Does she lose her in the movie?

Yes
No
No,
but Mrs. Murdo loses Poppy.

No, but Granny loses Poppy when Granny goes shopping.  

12) In the movie, the box Lina finds holds the instructions for leaving Ember and a card that turns out to be one half of a key. Is this the case in the book?

Yes , the box has the instructions and a card.
No, the box just has the instructions.
No, the box has the instructions and the Book of Ember
No, the box has the instructions and a detailed history of how Ember was created.

13) the book, Lina?s friend, Lizzie, works as a clerk in the storage rooms. Where does she work in the movie?

She works as a clerk in the storage rooms like the book.  
She works with Lina as a messenger.  
She works in the greenhouses
She works at the library.  

14) In the movie, Doon is helped in the pipeworks by an old man named Sul. Is Sul in the book?

Yes
No

15) In the book, Poppy finds a journal left by the riverbank after Lina and Doon escape from Ember that tells of how people came to inhabit Ember. Does Poppy find this journal in the movie?

Yes
No