Echo Mountain Flashcards
When is this story set?
During the great depression
How did Ellie revive Quiet?
Dunking him in water
What is the first figure Ellie finds?
A Lamb
What is the name of the boy who gives Ellie the gifts?
Larkin
Why is Ellie’s dad in a coma?
A tree fell on him
What is the name of Cates dog?
Captan
What is Ellie’s real name?
Leigh
Why did they move to echo mountain?
They had no money after the Great Depression
What month was it when they moved into the house?
June
Who was the woman in the clearing?
Larkins mom
What does Ellie think is the worst punishment of all?
Giving up on what she started
What did Ellie name the dog she saved?
Quiet
What were the five other names Ellie considered naming the dog?
Shadow, Possum, Boy, Beauty, and Tipper.
What did Samuel call the name Ellie chose?
A heartbeat name.
What was the name of Quiet’s grandmother?
Capricorn.
What jobs did her parents have before they moved?
Her mother was a music teacher and her father was a tailor.
How many families had settled nearby Ellie’s family?
Four families.
Where did Ellie hide the wooden lamb?
The toe of her church shoe.
What did they live on for the first few weeks?
A watery soup of beans and salt.
Who else in Ellie’s family loved the woods?
Her father.
Did Father Awaken?
Yes
Where did Ellie find the second gift?
In her jacket pocket.
Who made Ellie’s jacket?
Her father.
What was the second gift Ellie was given?
A wooden snowdrop.
When did Ellie and her family move out of the tent and into the cabin?
When the first room was finished.
How many rooms did their cabin have?
Four
How old is Samuel?
Six years old.
What did Ellie’s family use to pay for the venison the other families gave them?
Cream, butter, potatoes, carrots, beets, onions, turnips, parsnips, and rutabagas.
Were there children besides Esther, Samuel and Ellie among the five families?
No
When did Capricorn die?
A year after they moved into the woods.
How many puppies did Capricorn give birth to?
Four puppies.
What was Maisie’s original name?
Willow.
Where did Ellie find the carving of Maisie?
Next to Maisie’s water bow
What did Ellie do in the hopes that the carver would come back? Did it work?
She hung her jacket on a tree branch. No.
How long was it before she found another gift? What was it and where did she find it?
A month. It was a full-moon face, left by the brook.
Where did Ellie start hiding the carvings?
A high shelf in the woodshed.
Where did Ellie find the carving of herself?
The stump of the tree that had nearly killed her father.
In what month had Ellie’s father been hurt?
January.
Is Ellie the oldest, the youngest, or the middle child?
The middle child
What did Samuel think of the puppies?
they were ugly
Who went to fetch the doctor for Ellie’s father?
Mr. Peterson
How long had it taken for the doctor to arrive?
one day
What state of consciousness was Ellie’s father in?
a comma
What resulted from Ellie’s father lying in bed for so long?
Leaking bedsores.
What did they clean the sores with?
Vinegar.
What flowers did they put in her father’s room once spring came?
Jonquils, crocus.es, and snowdrops
What would Ellie’s mother play for her husband?
The gramophone.
What was the first thing Ellie did to try and wake her father?
She poured water on his head.
How did Ellie’s father react to the cold of the water.
His hand twitched.
What did Ellie have to eat for lunch as punishment for dumping the water on her father?
Gruel.
How much older than Ellie is Esther?
three years older
Where is the spot in which Ellie does her best thinking?
It’s an abandoned, dilapitated cabin atop boulders.
Which gift did Ellie find in this spot?
A fat chickadee.
What is balsam fir used for?
Head colds, sores, cuts, and more.
What is jewelweed used for?
Ivy poison.
What is barberry used for?
Scurvy.
When is barberry typically used?
In the winter.
What is mustard plaster used for?
clear lungs
What is mud used for?
Bee stings and spider bites.
What are onion and garlic used for?
Things coiled in a gut.
What is vinegar used for?
The gut and festering cuts.
What did Ellie forget to retrieve for her mother?
The venison from the Petersons’.
What two places did Ellie’s father tell them to fear?
The river and the part of the mountain above where the families lived.
What state does this story take place in?
Maine
What year does this story take place in?
1934
What did Ellie’s mother compare Samuel to?
A little bull
When could Ellie hold Quiet again?
As soon as Maisie said so.
How many milk cows do they have?
Two
What were the names of their two milk cows?
Venus and Jupiter
When did they let the cows out in the woods?
Every morning
When did they herd them back into their stable?
At dusk
What was in the stable besides the cows?
A net of hay and a trough of water.
When carrying the milk to the Petersons’, Ellie kept her eyes on the ground until she reached what?
A big old balsam fir.
