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)