Echo Mountain

Chapters 1-18

Reading Check

1. Ellie submerges Quiet in a bucket of cold water. (Chapter 1)

2. He was struck by a tree and fell into a coma. (Chapter 7)

3. An “old hag” (Cate) (Chapter 12)

Short Answer

1. Ellie and her family lose everything after the stock market crash of 1929. Both of Ellie’s parents have no work and are forced to find a way to make a life elsewhere. (Chapter 2)

2. Ellie adapts to mountain life and even prefers it, but her mother and sister are still attached to the town and hope to go back one day. (Various chapters)

Chapters 19-33

Reading Check

1. Her leg is wounded and covered in maggots. (Chapter 21)

2. Captan, Cate’s dog (Chapter 20)

3. Larkin (Chapter 38)

Short Answer

1. Ellie throws the snake into her father’s room, hoping to scare her sister into screaming. If her sister screams, Ellie reasons that her father may wake up. (Chapter 19)

2. Ellie’s mother punishes her, making her sleep in the shed with the dogs and warning her never to go back up the mountain again. (Chapter 33)

Chapters 34-48

Reading Check

1. Honey (Various chapters)

2. She lances his wound and uses a potato to drain the infection. (Chapter 38)

3. He made mandolins. (Chapter 41)

Short Answer

1. Larkin does not trust the townspeople because they mistreated Cate and blamed her for Mrs. Lockhart’s sickness. (Chapter 40)

2. Esther reads stories to her father, even though she is not sure if he can hear her. She feels that it comforts both of them. (Various chapters)

Chapters 49-60

Reading Check

1. Esther (Chapter 49)

2. A bear (Chapter 51)

3. Captan (Various chapters)

Short Answer

1. Larkin stares at it longingly and offers to trade Ellie’s mother for anything she wants. When she declines his offer, Larkin looks as if he is grieving all over again. (Chapter 58)

2. Ellie puts Quiet on her father’s chest. She hopes that since Quiet recently learned to open his eyes, he can inspire her father to do the same. (Chapter 58)

Chapters 61-73

Reading Check

1. Deer hide (Chapter 65)

2. Mrs. Cleary, the nurse from town (Various chapters)

3. A carving of Larkin (Chapter 73)

Short Answer

1. Captan urges Ellie’s mother to pick up her mandolin for the first time since the accident. Together, Captan and Ellie’s mother create music that awakens Ellie’s father. (Chapter 69)

2. Larkin goes to town to fetch a doctor and bring him back to mend Cate’s wound. He makes a deal with the doctor to trade him a mandolin, which he has yet to make. (Chapter 70)