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Echo Mountain
BOB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When Ellie’s family still lived in town, who used to call Ellie ‘Rapunzel’? | Mrs. Cleary |
| What is the hag’s full name? | Cathrene Cleary |
| What is the name of the hag’s dog? | Captan |
| Who was the butcher from town? | Mr. Turren |
| What was the name of Ellie’s dog? | Quiet |
| What is Ellie’s actual name? | Leigh |
| What was the first carving that Larkin sent? | A lamb |
| Who was the carving that Larkin first sent for? | Samuel |
| What language is the blessing that Cate says in? | Gaelic |
| What is Cate's husband’s name? | Reggie Cleary |
| What is the phrase that Cate uses to affectionately refer to Captan? | Oh Captan, my Captan |
| Who was the first person that Ellie ever saved? | A dog, Quiet |
| How many pups did Maisie give birth to? | 4 |
| What type of name is Quiet? | A heartbeat name |
| When Ellie and her family came to the mountains, what was the name of the dog they brought with them? | Capricorn |
| What job did Ellie's dad have back in town? | A tailor |
| What job did Ellie's mom have back in town? | A music teacher |
| Where does Ellie put all the carvings that Larkin gives her? | On the high shelf in the woodshed |
| Where did Ellie stash the first carving that Larkin sent her? | Under the toe of her church shoe |
| What is the name of Ellie's sister? | Esther |
| What is the name of Ellie's brother? | Samuel |
| When Ellie saw Captan for the first time, what did he have in his mouth? | A dead rabbit |
| What did the people living on the mountain generally call the River Androscoggin? | The river |
| What did Ellie's mom give her when she went fishing? | Food, crisp fries fish with pickles and cream |
| What was Samuel's reaction to seeing Captan for the first time at the river? | He did not like Captan |
| What did Ellie have to use as bait instead of worms when she went fishing? | Slugs |
| Why didn't Ellie use Salamanders as bait when she went fishing? | She thought they were too cute |
| Who was supposed to be watching Samuel when the tree fell on Dad? | Esther |
| How did Dad go into a coma? | A tree fell on him, hitting him in the head |
| What payment did Larkin give the Doctor he brought to check on Dad after he woke up? | A mandolin he was going to make |
| What did Mom promise all of the puppies to Mr. Anderson for? | A milk cow |
| When Ellie found Cate for the first time, what did one of her hands remind her of? Pg. 97 | The day Ellie found a dead bird in her yard |
| What was Mrs. Cleary's appearance when she was still back in town? | A big round jolly woman with rosy cheeks and hair in a braid down her back and blue eyes. |
| What color was the snake that Ellie put in Dad's room? | Black |
| What instrument did Mom use to play? | The mandolin |
| How did Larkin bruise his eye? | He was cutting wood in the dark and a piece hit his eye |
| What did Ellie's family eat the first week they came to the mountain? | A watery soup of beans and salt |
| What carving did Ellie find in the pocket of her jacket one May morning? | A delicately carved snowdrop |
| When did Ellie and her family move out of a tent and into the cabin? | When the first room was done |
| How did Dad seal a wound that had begun to fester on his palm? | He pressed a hot knife to it |
| When and where does the book take place? | Maine 1934 |
| How did Ellie bring Quiet "back to life"? | She dunked him in a wooden pail of cold water |
| Why did Ellie and her family move to Echo Mountain? | Because of the stock market crash |
| At the end of the book, what new carving does Ellie find on the high shelf? | A carving of Larkin |
| How old is Esther? | 15 |
| How old is Ellie? | 12 |
| Where did Cate use to be a nurse? | Bethel |
| What was Cate's husband's profession? | He was a Doctor |
| What did Mrs. Lockhart agree to sell some of her honey for? | Five trout |
| How did Ellie let the vinegar soak into Cate's wound? | She built a wall of wax around it and pooled vinegar into the middle |
| Where is the tub that Cate uses to bathe? | In the shed behind her cabin |
| Why are people mean to Cate? | They think she's a witch |
| What are the blessings that Cate says? | "Saol fada agus breac-shláinte chugat" or "Slainte mhor agus a h-uile beannachd duibh" |
| What do the blessings that Cate says mean? | Good health to you and every blessing |
| What did Ellie name the peak where Cate's cabin is? | Star Peak |
| What is Cate's relation to Larkin? | She is Larkin's grandmother, on his dad's side |
| Who was Captan's original owner? | Cate's son/ Larkin's dad |
| What carvings did Larkin give to Ellie? | A lamb, a dog, a chickadee, a full moon, an inchworm, a snowdrop, an acorn, a honeybee, and Ellie |
| Why did Larkin send a carving of a lamb to Samuel? | If the wind was right, he could hear Samuel crying, and he sounded like a lamb |
| What did Larkin's dad want to be? | A luthier |
| What does the name Captan mean? | It means song, in Gaelic |
| What is one of the books in Cate's cabin? | Girls who became famous |
| Where did the phrase 'Oh Captan, My Captan' come from? | It's from a poem about a great man dying, only in that case it was Captain |
| What is the name of the lady that came to Cate for help, but didn't get better? | Mrs Lockheart |
| Which memory does Dad lie about losing? | The day the tree fall on him |
| What type of boy is Samuel? | A here-and-now sort of boy if there ever was one |
| What was in the shed behind Cate's cabin? | A washtub, a broom, unfinished mandolins and mandolin making supplies |
| What's Larkin's mother's name? | Keavy |
| What did Larkin's mother look like? | She was a small woman, and she reminded Ellie of a centipede |
| What is Ellie's mother's first name? | Evelyn |
| What is Larkin's mother afraid of? | She's afraid that Larkin will leave her one day too |
| What does Ellie always carry in her bag? | Tinder, made from shredded bark balled up |
| Where and when does the story take place? | Maine, 1934 |
| What is the first carving Ellie finds? | A little lamb |
| What plant cures ivy poison? | Jewelweed |
| What plant cures scurvy? | Barberry |
| What plant causes clear lungs? | Mustard plaster |
| What do they use for bee stings and spider bites? | Mud |
| What are the "twin nurses"? | Onion and garlic |
| What do the "twin nurses" cure? | Gut problems |
| What is the name of Mr. Peterson's horse? | Scotch |
| What is vinegar for? | The gut and cuts when they fester |
| What do they use basalm for? | head colds sores, and cuts |
| Who shot a doe? | Mr. Peterson |
| Name 3 other families on this side of the mountain? | The Petersons, the Lockharts, the Andersons |
| What are the names of their 2 milk cows? | Jupiter and Venus |
| What is Mrs. Peterson's first name? | Molly |
| When was her Fathers accident? | January |
| Name 3 other carvings Larkin makes for Ellie. | A snowdrop sprouted from its bulb, a little Maisie, a full-moon face, a milk cow with one ear up and one down, a hunch-backed inchworm, an acorn with a tiny feather in its cap, a chickadee as round and fat as a plum, a little Ellie. |
| How many pups does Maisie have? | 4 including Quiet |
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