Echo Mountain

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following characters is an archetype of a “hag”?

A) Ellie’s mother

B) Cate

C) Ellie

D) Larkin’s mother

2. How does Ellie first try to wake her father?

A) Throwing a snake in his room

B) Stinging him with bees

C) Splashing cold water on him

D) Feeding him a brew

3. What is the primary reason why Ellie’s mother and sister treat her coldly?

A) They believe she is responsible for the accident.

B) They believe she is disobedient.

C) They believe she is strange.

D) They believe she is lying about the accident.

4. Why does Larkin leave carvings instead of talking to Ellie?

A) He is shy around strangers.

B) He is mistrusting of townspeople.

C) His mother instructs him to stay away from her.

D) Cate instructs him to stay away from her.

5. When Ellie says, “As it turned out, I had plenty more to learn, too” (Chapter 48), which literary technique is being used?

A) Allusion

B) Imagery

C) Simile

D) Foreshadowing

6. Why does Ellie take the blame for the accident, despite it not being her fault?

A) To protect her sister

B) To protect her mother

C) To protect her brother

D) To protect her father

7. Which adjective best describes Samuel?

A) Bold

B) Anxious

C) Fearless

D) Foolish

8. What does the fire inside Ellie symbolize?

A) Her anger

B) Her fear

C) Her creativity

D) Her persistence

9. What is different about Esther in the novel’s exposition compared to its conclusion?

A) Esther becomes less cold and forgives Ellie.

B) Esther learns to love life on the mountain.

C) Esther becomes colder toward Ellie.

D) Esther develops a hatred of life on the mountain.

10. How does Ellie react when she finds Cate with her wounded leg?

A) She runs back to her cabin for help.

B) She throws up and then goes back inside to help.

C) She asks her sister to fetch a doctor from town.

D) She waits until Larkin comes back and asks him for help.

11. What does it mean to be an “echo-girl”?

A) Ellie can hear the thoughts of other people.

B) Ellie knows how to make the mountain echo.

C) Ellie can feel the pain and suffering of others.

D) Ellie knows how to speak to dogs.

12. Which of the following represents the novel’s theme of The Duality in All Things?

A) The townspeople vs. the mountain people

B) The dogs vs. the people

C) Ellie vs. her family

D) Natural remedies vs. modern medicine

13. What finally causes Ellie’s father to wake up?

A) The brew that Ellie makes

B) The comfort of Quiet

C) The compassion of Cate

D) The playing of the mandolin

14. Which character is most similar to Ellie?

A) Her mother

B) Esther

C) Her father

D) Cate

15. What is the subject of the first carving Larkin leaves for Ellie?

A) Lamb

B) Bee

C) Ellie

D) Larkin

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1) Over the course of Ellie’s time living on the mountain, how does she change as a person, and what does she learn about herself and those she loves?

2) What is Ellie’s natural gift, and how does she use it to help those around her?

3) How does the novel taking place during the Great Depression influence its plot and characters?