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Amazon from Kelsey Flashcards

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Amazon: What is the non-scientific name for an orange spider Asia and Ring see at the beginning of the book?

A

Goliath bird-eating tarantula

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Amazon: How old is Ring?

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11 years old

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Amazon: How old is Asia?

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13 years old

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Amazon: Which gender of goliath bird-eating tarantulas has a longer lifespan?

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Females

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Amazon: What color are Ring’s eyes and hair?

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Blue and blond

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Amazon: What color are Asia’s eyes and hair?

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Brown and dark

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Amazon: According to Asia, how often do three-toed sloths defecate?

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Every 7 days

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Amazon: What kind of creature lives in a three-toed sloth’s fur?

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Tiny moths

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Amazon: What are Ring and Asia’s parents’ names?

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Dr. Jack and Dr. Jane Wilde

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Amazon: What is Dr. Jane Wilde’s job?

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Conservation biologist

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Amazon: Where is the Wilde’s home?

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Near Glen Rose, TX

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Amazon: What is Dr. Jack Wilde’s job?

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Veterinarian and director of animal park called The Wilds

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Amazon: About how many animals are at The Wilds animal park?

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3000

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Amazon: What is the name of the river they were originally camped next to in the Amazon?

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Xingu River

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Amazon: What town was about 100 miles north of their camp?

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Altamira, Brazil

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Amazon: What kind of endangered creature was Dr. Jane working at reintroducing to the Amazon?

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Golden lion tamarins (monkeys)

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Amazon: How did Asia describe the Burchell’s army ants that Ring spots and wants to follow?

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Nomadic; they eat their way across the rainforest floor

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18
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Amazon: How high are the platforms where they’re releasing the monkeys?

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150 feet tall

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Amazon: What is the name of Asia and Ring’s tutor?

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Professor Bob (Robert)

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Amazon: Who does Ring compare Professor Bob to from The Wizard of Oz?

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The cowardly lion

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Amazon: Ring calls Professor Bob a walking __________ because he’s attracted all the bugs and kept them away from Ring.

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Bug zapper

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Amazon: In what country was Ring born?

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Madagascar

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Amazon: What animals were nearby when Ring was born?

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A troop of ring-tailed lemurs

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Amazon: In was country was Asia born?

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Mongolia

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Amazon: What type of animal was Dr. Jane reintroducing into the wild around when Asia was born?

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A herd of saiga antelope

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Amazon: What do Asia & Ring notice about Professor Bob’s bed when they arrive back to an empty camp?

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It’s been made.

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Amazon: What things are missing when Asia & Ring get back to the empty camp?

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All the crew’s gear, the satellite phone, and the boat keys

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28
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Amazon: Who leaves behind duck-footed (out-toed) shoe prints?

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Professor Bob

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Amazon: What is the backup to the satellite phone in case of emergency?

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A hand-cranked siren

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30
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Amazon: When the kids arrive back to the empty camp, who was the “monster” that appeared, covered in thick black mud?

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Professor Bob

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Amazon: Why was Professor Bob covered in mud at their camp?

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He forgot bug spray and was keeping the bugs away

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Amazon: Ring reminds Professor Bob that the mud protecting him from bugs wouldn’t protect him from what?

A

Leeches

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33
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Amazon: How many leeches did Professor Bob have on his back?

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Thirteen

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34
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Amazon: What does Asia write in when she can’t sleep at night?

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Her field notebook

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35
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Amazon: Who did Asia spend a lot of time with before they left for Brazil? (A year older than her, goes to high school in Glen Rose).

A

Caleb

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36
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Amazon: How is Caleb connected to the Wilde family?

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He’s the son of the mammal curator at The Wilds

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Amazon: Asia’s mom compared Asia going to public school like going back to what?

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Elementary school

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38
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Amazon: How many times have Asia and Ring been to Brazil with their dad?

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Twice

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39
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Amazon: Who is the Wilde’s housekeeper?

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Greta

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Amazon: What color were Raoni’s legs painted?

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Red

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Amazon: What indigenous tribe is Raoni a part of?

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Kayapo

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42
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Amazon: Who did the Kayapo think they had descended from?

A

Insects

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Amazon: The first thing Raoni says to Ring is the Portuguese word for what breakfast item?

A

Egg (ovo)

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Amazon: Besides English, what other language is Asia fluent in?

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Portuguese

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45
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Amazon: How does Raoni originally refer to Professor Bob?

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Spider monkey man

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46
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Amazon: What does Raoni say bad people are looking for all over the Amazon? (And how do you say it in Portuguese?)

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Gold (ouro)

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Amazon: Who wants the Kayapo & other indigenous people gone so that he can exploit their land?

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Brazil’s president

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48
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Amazon: What does Dr. Jane call the collision of biology and politics?

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Biolotics

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Amazon: Asia compares the earth’s rainforests to what human body part?

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The lungs (of the earth)

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Amazon: What weapon is Raoni carrying when he comes to Ring & Asia’s camp?

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A long bow & quiver of arrows

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Amazon: How did Professor Bob react when Raoni cranked the siren?

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Fell over backward in his chair

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Amazon: When the kids hear “another siren” that sounded like it was getting closer, what was it really?

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A cockatoo named Boo

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Amazon: What is Boo (cockatoo’s name) short for, and why was he given that name?

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Boomerang, because he always come back to them

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Amazon: Where did Boo land and what did he do when he arrived at camp?

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Professor Bob’s shoulder; nipped his ear

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Amazon: When they’re heading along the path away from camp, what does Ring see that confirms they’re on the right route?

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His mom’s boot prints coming and going along the path

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Amazon: What does Ring see along the path when looking for something to sketch?

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A snake (green anaconda)

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Amazon: What animal was Professor Bob compared to to desribe how slowly he followed the path?

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A two-legged tortoise

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Amazon: What two types of bugs distracted Ring on his climb up the tree to one of his mom’s platforms?

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Bullet ant and peanut-head bug

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Amazon: What are the dimensions of their mom’s platform?

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20 x 20 feet

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Amazon: What is the name of the adult GLT they see at the first platform?

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George

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Amazon: Ring compares GLTs to “tiny golden __________” whats?

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Yodas

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Amazon: What kind of coin does Ring flip to decide who gets to zip over to the next platform?

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A fifty-centavo coin

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Amazon: The zip line at the Wilde’s house goes where?

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To The Wilds administration building

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Amazon: Dr. Jane is a beta tester for what technology?

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New zip line technology

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Amazon: What are the names of the GLTs at the second platform?

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Willy and Wanda

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Amazon: Who beat Asia to the third platform?

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Boo

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Amazon: What are the names of the GLTs at the third platform?

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Karl and Kandy

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Amazon: What did Asia notice when glancing up into the canopy from the third platform?

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Cameras

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Amazon: What did Professor Bob get bitten by on his way up to the platform?

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Bullet ant

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Amazon: Where did Ring find his mom’s computer password?

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Taped under her desk, while crawling around to find a piece of candy

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71
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Amazon: How many memory cards did Asia collect from the cameras?

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Nine

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Amazon: What is Dr. Jane’s computer password?

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notmycircusnotmymonkeys

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Amazon: What is Dr. Jane’s computer background?

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Asia & Ring holding snow leopard cubs in Tibet

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74
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Amazon: Where were the two men waiting to abduct Dr. Jane?

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Platform 2

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75
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Amazon: What about Raoni surprised Asia & Ring when they’re watching the video of their mom’s abduction?

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His perfect English with an American accent

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Amazon: Who does Raoni say the two men in the abduction video are?

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“Jorge” & “Juan”, garimpeiros (gold prospectors)

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Amazon: What had “Jorge” and “Juan” offered to pay Raoni to do?

A

Kill the gold lion tamarin monkeys

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Amazon: What did the men say they wanted the GLTs killed with?

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Arrows

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Amazon: What did Dr. Jane almost always do that made her easier to kidnap?

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Worked alone

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Amazon: Where did Raoni go when he was 10 years old?

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Portland, Oregon to live with relatives

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Amazon: What college did Raoni go to?

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University of Oregon

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82
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Amazon: What did Raoni get his degrees in?

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Cultural anthropology and conservation biology

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83
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Amazon: What is Raoni’s role in his village?

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Headman

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Amazon: How many people are in Raoni’s village?

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27

85
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Amazon: When Professor Bob asks about food, what does Raoni compare the rainforest to?

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A giant grocery store, and he knows where the aisles and shelves are located

86
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Amazon: What word does their dad use to describe Asia & Ring that’s similar to stubborn?

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Willful

87
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Amazon: What does Ring say would be an extra benefit of Professor Bob growing a beard?

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Make it hard for bugs to get to his face

88
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Amazon: How often does Professor Bob shave at home?

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Twice a day

89
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Amazon: How many bottles of bug spray had Professor Bob packed?

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12

90
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Amazon: What does Raoni see in the video that makes him think they didn’t harm Dr. Jane?

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They put a hood over her head

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Amazon: How did the kidnappers transport Dr. Jane?

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On a litter

92
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Amazon: What verb does Professor Bob use to describe how Raoni moves through the rainforest? He doesn’t walk; he ______.

A

Glides

93
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Amazon: What animal carrying her baby on her back do they see on the trail while waiting for Raoni to come back?

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Giant anteater

94
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Amazon: When do the Kayapo wear giant anteater masks?

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Naming ceremonies for their children

95
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Amazon: What is official permission to mine for gold called?

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A gold concession

96
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Amazon: What did the garimpeiros discard every few miles along the path?

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Cigarette butts

97
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Amazon: What are the “highways of the Amazon”?

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Rivers

98
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Amazon: What does Ring suggest they call the river they’re stopped at to make camp while searching for their mom?

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The No Idea River

99
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Amazon: What was the first kind of fish Ring caught?

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Piranha

100
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Amazon: What type of fish did Ring say was probably the best tasting freshwater fish in Brazil?

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Gamitana

101
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Amazon: What was the first fish that Ring caught that he decided to keep?

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Peacock bass

102
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Amazon: How far did Raoni hike upriver to a village?

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10 miles

103
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Amazon: What was the villagers description of the boat they had seen?

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A black inflatable Zodiac

104
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Amazon: What do Ring & Asia want to pose as to get access to the mine?

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Ecotourists with a medical emergency

105
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Amazon: What role do Ring & Asia have for Professor Bob in their act to get access to the mine?

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Their dad, with malaria

106
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Amazon: What type of boat did Raoni borrow/buy for them to use to get upriver?

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A dugout canoe

107
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Amazon: What pinkish-gray animal do they see from the dugout canoe on their trip upriver to the mine?

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A river dolphin

108
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Amazon: What type of animal do they see that are sometimes called bush pigs?

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Tapir

109
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Amazon: What do Asia & Ring use to bail out the boat in the torrential downpour?

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Milk jug scoops

110
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Amazon: What does the rainforest normally smell like?

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Decomposing vegetation

111
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Amazon: What does Raoni say is the source of the awful smell they notice from their dugout canoe?

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The “stink of gold”

112
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Amazon: What makes the strange turquoise color of the pools of water at the mine?

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The chemicals used to extract gold

113
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Amazon: What does Raoni say his father did when he Raoni was young to make money?

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Worked in a mine

114
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Amazon: What does Asia choose as their cover names at the gold mine?

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Betty & Bob Mars

115
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Amazon: What is the name of the nurse who owned the local store at the gold mine?

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Bianca

116
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Amazon: What is Bianca working on when they first meet her?

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Setting a man’s broken arm

117
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Amazon: What do the miners use to break the land apart?

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High-pressure hoses

118
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Amazon: What chemicals do the miners pour in to adhere to the gold and reveal the nuggets?

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Arsenic and mercury

119
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Amazon: How much does Ring say Professor Bob owes him for the Malaria medicine?

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250 Brazilian real (about $50)

120
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Amazon: After their first night at the mine camp, what does Asia offer to help Bianca do in order to talk to her?

A

Restock shelves at the store

121
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Amazon: What city in Texas does Asia tell Bianca they’re from?

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Dallas

122
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Amazon: After their first night at the mine camp, Ring says he’s going to go fishing for what?

A

Information

123
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Amazon: What does Ring let Professor Bob borrow when he says didn’t realize he’d be imprisoned at the mine camp?

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His e-reader

124
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Amazon: What does Professor Bob request for breakfast at the mine camp?

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A cheese omelet

125
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Amazon: Where does the guard tell Ring the keys to the boats are kept?

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In the office on the hill

126
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Amazon: How much does the guard charge Ring for a carton of eggs?

A

100 reals (over $20)

127
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Amazon: When Ring walks up to the store and finds Asia, what does he tell her he caught while he was fishing?

A

A dozen eggs

128
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Amazon: What book does Professor Bob read on Ring’s e-reader?

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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

129
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Amazon: What attachment on Professor Bob’s “fancy knife” does Ring use for omelet making?

A

Fork

130
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Amazon: Who do Ring & Asia find talking on a sat phone at the gold mine? (Described as tall, middle-aged, reddish hair)

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Mine’s owner, Dave Lamella

131
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Amazon: What name does Raoni go by at the gold mine?

A

Martim

132
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Amazon: Who tells Asia and Ring about the inflatable Zodiacs at the gold mine?

A

Dave

133
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Amazon: Why did Asia decide not to call their dad on Dave’s sat phone?

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So Dave wouldn’t have their dad’s phone number to ID them

134
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Amazon: What did Ring compliment Asia on that surprised her?

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Recognizing not to give their phone number away with the sat phone

135
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Amazon: What do Asia & Ring see drying in the sun outside the garage door at the gold mine?

A

A jaguar skin

136
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Amazon: Who did Ring see on an ATV riding away from the mine while he was out exploring a trail?

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“Juan” (green ATV)

137
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Amazon: Who did Ring see on a different ATV riding back toward the mine on the trail he was exploring?

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“Jorge” (red ATV)

138
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Amazon: When Ring gets back to the mine camp, Dave claims the ATV he heard was who doing what?

A

Dave looking for signs of jaguars

139
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Amazon: What does Dave offer the kids when he invites them in for a tour of his office building?

A

A cold Coke

140
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Amazon: What does Dave have mounted on the wall behind the desk in his office?

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Two jaguar heads (one male, one female)

141
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Amazon: How many other gold mines does Dave own?

A

Two

142
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Amazon: What is the name of Dave’s mother-in-law who cooks for him?

A

Fia

143
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Amazon: What kind of stew does Dave offer the kids that Fia has cooked up?

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Tapir stew

144
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Amazon: What does Dave call the room with spotting scopes to keep an eye on the mine?

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The Crow’s Nest

145
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Amazon: What did Dave say they used to help them put the buildings in place at the mine camp?

A

A helicopter

146
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Amazon: How much does Bianca charge for someone to take a shower?

A

50 reals

147
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Amazon: When the kids are talking about Dave’s niceness seeming a little fake, Raoni compares it to what mineral?

A

Fool’s gold, iron pyrite

148
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Amazon: Who offers to retrieve the dugout while Asia & Ring go to find their mom?

A

Professor Bob

149
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Amazon: When Raoni says they can track Professor Bob, Ring thinks it’ll be like tracking what?

A

A duck

150
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Amazon: Who is Asia saving her bottle of Coke for?

A

Her mom

151
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Amazon: What do Asia and Ring hear while waiting for Raoni in the dark that wakes Ring up from sleeping?

A

A jaguar’s roar

152
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Amazon: What does Ring realize when he tries to get water from his pack while waiting on Raoni?

A

He has Professor Bob’s pack

153
Q

Amazon: What did Raoni do with the ATV he found at the start of the trail away from camp?

A

Disabled it

154
Q

Amazon: Who did Raoni see step out on the porch when the jaguar roared?

A

Dave & Jorge

155
Q

Amazon: What does Raoni do to lure someone outside the cabin in the forest?

A

Imitates a jaguar roar

156
Q

Amazon: What does Raoni do to get Juan out of the way?

A

Shoots his shoulder with an arrow, and hits his head with a stick

157
Q

Amazon: What does Raoni tell them to look for in the cabin where Dr. Jane was kept?

A

A sat phone or two-way radio and food

158
Q

Amazon: What did Juan and Jorge never do in Dr. Jane’s presence?

A

Speak to her or each other or show their faces

159
Q

Amazon: What does Ring spot in the soft mud of the trail from their mom’s cabin to the river?

A

A jaguar paw-print (male, according to Raoni)

160
Q

Amazon: Why didn’t Professor Bob have the dugout canoe at the river as planned?

A

The guards had moved it near their shack

161
Q

Amazon: What is Ring’s idea for getting into the boathouse where the Zodiacs are kept?

A

Go in underwater

162
Q

Amazon: What does Dr. Jane say jaguars are, which means they have no predators (other than humans)?

A

Apex species

163
Q

Amazon: Who stays with Raoni in the dugout canoe and who goes with Dr. Jane to check on the GLTs?

A

Prof Bob with Raoni; kids with Dr. Jane

164
Q

Amazon: What does Ring offer to do when he, his mom, and his sister reach the trees with the platforms, so they can rest?

A

Climb the tree and throw down ropes

165
Q

Amazon: Who tries to get Ring to share his energy bar with him?

A

Willy

166
Q

Amazon: When Asia gets to the platform with her mom and asks Boo where he’s been, what word does he say that he learned from Ring?

A

Cheeseburger

167
Q

Amazon: What term does Dr. Jane use for the food she gives the GLTs before they’ve started fully foraging?

A

Supplemental food

168
Q

Amazon: When all five were in the dugout canoe, who paddled?

A

Raoni and Professor Bob

169
Q

Amazon: Who did Dr. Jane say she thought of first when she got out of her drugged stupor?

A

Asia

170
Q

Amazon: Who volunteered to take the first lookout shift at the platforms?

A

Asia

171
Q

Amazon: Where did Ring trap the GLTs to take them with them?

A

Their nest box

172
Q

Amazon: What was flown in and out of the gold mine camp by helicopter once a week?

A

Gold out; wages in

173
Q

Amazon: When the men are climbing the tree to Platform 2, where do the Wildes go to escape?

A

Platform 1, by zip

174
Q

Amazon: Who ransacked the Wildes’ camp while they were away rescuing their mom?

A

A woolly monkey & porcupines

175
Q

Amazon: What kind of animal was feeding on food in the cook tent when the Wildes show up?

A

A group of prehensile-tailed tree porcupines

176
Q

Amazon: What was Ring worried about when crossing the river, more than piranhas?

A

Caimans

177
Q

Amazon: How many men were in the helicopter?

A

5 (Dave, Juan, Jorge, pilot, one extra)

178
Q

Amazon: When the Wildes spotted Raoni across the river from their hiding spot, who was with him?

A

4 other Kayapo men

179
Q

Amazon: What does Raoni say their advantage is against the 5 men with guns?

A

“The hunters don’t know they are being hunted”

180
Q

Amazon: What does Ring divert away from his mom and sister when they’re swimming back across the river?

A

A caiman

181
Q

Amazon: Asia noticed Raoni wasn’t moving with an anaconda anymore. Instead she compared him to what other animal?

A

A yellow-footed tortoise foraging for food

182
Q

Amazon: What did Raoni mean when he said Juan had been neutralized?

A

He had him tied up in a hammock

183
Q

Amazon: Raoni tells the Wildes that they will deal with the 5 armed men the _______________ way.

A

Kayapo

184
Q

Amazon: Who did Raoni’s Kayapo friends come marching back to camp with at sunset?

A

Jorge and the other man

185
Q

Amazon: What are some examples that Asia gives of symbiosis?

A

Moth & sloth, clownfish and anemone

186
Q

Amazon: What does Dr. Jane say is another word for symbiosis?

A

Mutualism

187
Q

Amazon: What compliment does Asia give to Ring when they’re talking at night at the camp?

A

Good idea to deflate the Zodiacs

188
Q

Amazon: How did Dave get back to their camp without them hearing him?

A

Used the canoe from the helicopter

189
Q

Amazon: Who distracted Dave enough for Ring to throw his rock?

A

Boo

190
Q

Amazon: Where did Ring hit Dave on his body with the rock?

A

His forehead

191
Q

Amazon: What did Dr. Jane carry out of the tent to use as a weapon?

A

A tripod

192
Q

Amazon: What was Ring’s job when the Wildes went back to the platforms to check on the GLTs, after capturing Dave?

A

Find the downed zip line and reattach it

193
Q

Amazon: What was Asia’s job when the Wildes went back to the platforms to check on the GLTs, after capturing Dave?

A

Replace camera memory cards

194
Q

Amazon: Asia tells Ring a Latin phrase: Sic transit gloria mundi. What does it mean?

A

All glory is fleeting

195
Q

Amazon: When Ring & Asia are waiting for their mom to come to Platform 2, who zips over instead?

A

Their dad

196
Q

Amazon: Who did Dr. Jack try to get help from when he arrived in Altamira?

A

The police and a military base

197
Q

Amazon: Where was Professor Bob when he was calling Dr. Jack?

A

Two blocks away in Altamira

198
Q

Amazon: Why does the Colonel eventually agree to help Dr. Jack and Professor Bob?

A

He recognizes Juan and Jorge as deserters he’s been trying to find

199
Q

Amazon: What does Dr. Jack say he’s buying for everyone?

A

Sat phones

200
Q

Amazon: What does Professor Bob have in a big pack on his back when he’s reunited with the Wildes?

A

Books

201
Q

Amazon: Who will stay behind to record GLT behavioral data when Dr. Jane leaves?

A

A group of graduate students

202
Q

Amazon: Where are the Wildes headed after they leave the Amazon?

A

Mexico (San Felipe, in Baja, on the Sea of Cortez)

203
Q

Amazon: What endangered animal is Dr. Jack going to try to save in the Sea of Cortez?

A

Vaquita

204
Q

Amazon: What type of animal is the vaquita?

A

Porpoise; smallest cetacean in the world

205
Q

Amazon: Who is Asia going to ask to visit them in Mexico?

A

Caleb

206
Q

Amazon: Asia says Ring thinks like what animal, not thinking ahead or behind, just in the present?

A

The jaguar

207
Q

Amazon: Ring and Asia are both certified in what, which helped Ring stay calm underwater in the boat house?

A

SCUBA

208
Q

Amazon: How did Ring disable the Zodiacs?

A

Many small cuts in each pontoon segment

2024 Battle of the Books (13 decks)

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