Echo Mountain: Chap. 6-10

"But my mother still seemed as cold and dark as the January day when he'd been hurt." p. 24 (a)  

• similie
• metaphor

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In Chapter 6, Samuel asks Ellie, "What made you dunk the dead one?" What is Ellie's answer?

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In Chapter 7, Ellie says, "Most of all, we learned to make his little room into a world apart." What does she mean?

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In Chapter 8, Ellie says, "And you're the only one who knows it wasn't my fault." What wasn't her fault?

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In Chapter 9, Ellie says, "There were two places my father had told us to fear." What are those two places?

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"that big old balsam fir that curtsied a little in the wind as if it had been waiting for me." (a)  

• personification
• foreshadowing

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In Chapter 9, Ellie says, "If he'd been my dog, I would have called him Ghost." Why does she say this?

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In Chapter 10, what does Ellie plan to do with the tallow she received?

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