Elatsoe

Chapters 1-5

Reading Check

1. He is a ghost. (Chapter 1)

2. He has “the vampire curse.” (Chapter 4)

Short Answer

1. He tells Ellie that he was actually murdered, by someone called Abe Allerton, whom he only met once before when Allerton’s son was Trevor’s student. He asks Ellie to protect his wife and child from Allerton. (Chapter 2)

2. Trevor’s wife, Vivian, and her infant son are there, and Ellie feels a responsibility to be near them so that she can protect them. (Chapter 3)

3. She realized that it actually had two faces: One was like the face of a gar, but the other was malleable and, like a mask, could take on human appearances. (Chapter 5)

Chapters 6-10

Reading Check

1. Because she is Indigenous/because of her skin color (Chapter 7)

2. The mayor’s signature (Chapter 9)

Short Answer

1. When she married Trevor, Lenore decided that any children they might have would not be taught to wake the dead, because she believes the practice is unnatural. (Chapter 6)

2. Willowbee is located in the dry Texas desert, and yet it seems full of green plant life, including grass lawns. Its buildings look out of place, too, more like a colonial New England town’s buildings than a South Texas town’s. (Chapter 8)

3. Allerton’s car is clearly brand new and recently purchased. This makes Ellie suspicious because she wonders if he replaced a different car that was involved in Trevor’s death. (Chapter 10)

Chapters 11-15

Reading Check

1. Psychic (Chapter 11)

2. Vampires (Chapter 13)

Short Answer

1. They discover that the accident did not happen where Trevor was found. It was some distance away, along the route that Trevor usually took. They also believe that there was another unknown victim. (Chapter 12)

2. She notices that Lenore’s hands are very dirty, and Lenore confesses that she has been digging in the burial ground. (Chapter 14)

3. Ellie not only wakes the trilobite ghost; she wakes up legions of them—as well as the ghosts of whales. She realizes that she has woken an entire ancient ocean, which surrounds her in the park. (Chapter 15)

Chapters 16-20

Reading Check

1. Hummingbird (Chapter 17)

2. Mushrooms (Chapter 19)

Short Answer

1. Vivian tells Ellie not to wake any ghosts until they can consult with the elders, because humans are not supposed to be able to visit the underworld. (Chapter 16)

2. They believe that Trevor witnessed an accident, pulled over to help, and was injured by someone at the accident scene. (Chapter 18)

3. The image is very blurry, as if it is being blocked. (Chapter 20)

Chapters 21-25

Reading Check

1. A corpse with a badly damaged leg (Chapter 22)

2. Gregory/his infant son (Chapter 25)

Short Answer

1. Trevor tells Ellie that the river is dry because of greedy people. He says that Willowbee has taken all of the water because its people are like leeches. (Chapter 21)

2. She believes that Allerton was injured in a car accident and that he used his powers to transfer his injuries onto Trevor. Then he moved Trevor’s car, with Trevor inside, to a new location and left Trevor there to die. (Chapter 23)

3. Vivian tells Ellie that Six-Great went into the underworld to try to calm the spirit of her deceased husband, who frequently appeared to her to try to get her to avenge his death. Six-Great vanished into the underworld and was never seen again. (Chapter 24)

Chapters 26-30

Reading Check

1. Al (Chapter 26)

2. Wooly mammoth (Chapter 28)

Short Answer

1. The vampire is also Lipan Apache, so Ellie cannot use her heritage as a way to banish him from the land. (Chapter 27)

2. They see a dead body with its head twisted around backward, and Ellie is sure that Trevor is responsible. (Chapter 29)

3. It tries to get Ellie to use her powers to release all of the emissaries trapped between worlds. (Chapter 30)

Chspters 31-36

Reading Check

1. Ghost dogs (Chapter 33)

2. A coyote woman (Chapter 34)

Short Answer

1. She tells them about when she was a child and summoned her mother’s ghost-mammoth companion to defend her from a man who was trying to abduct her. (Chapter 31)

2. Willowbee is a “floating” town that can be relocated whenever people discover its secret: It is a magical place, created by Nathaniel Grace, and will exist only as long as Allerton exists. (Chapter 32)

3. When Kirby returns from the underworld, he brings a toy with him that Ellie has never seen. She suspects that the toy belonged to Six-Great’s dogs. (Chapter 36)