Amazon from Kelsey Flashcards
Amazon: What is the non-scientific name for an orange spider Asia and Ring see at the beginning of the book?
Goliath bird-eating tarantula
Amazon: How old is Ring?
11 years old
Amazon: How old is Asia?
13 years old
Amazon: Which gender of goliath bird-eating tarantulas has a longer lifespan?
Females
Amazon: What color are Ring’s eyes and hair?
Blue and blond
Amazon: What color are Asia’s eyes and hair?
Brown and dark
Amazon: According to Asia, how often do three-toed sloths defecate?
Every 7 days
Amazon: What kind of creature lives in a three-toed sloth’s fur?
Tiny moths
Amazon: What are Ring and Asia’s parents’ names?
Dr. Jack and Dr. Jane Wilde
Amazon: What is Dr. Jane Wilde’s job?
Conservation biologist
Amazon: Where is the Wilde’s home?
Near Glen Rose, TX
Amazon: What is Dr. Jack Wilde’s job?
Veterinarian and director of animal park called The Wilds
Amazon: About how many animals are at The Wilds animal park?
3000
Amazon: What is the name of the river they were originally camped next to in the Amazon?
Xingu River
Amazon: What town was about 100 miles north of their camp?
Altamira, Brazil
Amazon: What kind of endangered creature was Dr. Jane working at reintroducing to the Amazon?
Golden lion tamarins (monkeys)
Amazon: How did Asia describe the Burchell’s army ants that Ring spots and wants to follow?
Nomadic; they eat their way across the rainforest floor
Amazon: How high are the platforms where they’re releasing the monkeys?
150 feet tall
Amazon: What is the name of Asia and Ring’s tutor?
Professor Bob (Robert)
Amazon: Who does Ring compare Professor Bob to from The Wizard of Oz?
The cowardly lion
Amazon: Ring calls Professor Bob a walking __________ because he’s attracted all the bugs and kept them away from Ring.
Bug zapper
Amazon: In what country was Ring born?
Madagascar
Amazon: What animals were nearby when Ring was born?
A troop of ring-tailed lemurs
Amazon: In was country was Asia born?
Mongolia
Amazon: What type of animal was Dr. Jane reintroducing into the wild around when Asia was born?
A herd of saiga antelope
Amazon: What do Asia & Ring notice about Professor Bob’s bed when they arrive back to an empty camp?
It’s been made.
Amazon: What things are missing when Asia & Ring get back to the empty camp?
All the crew’s gear, the satellite phone, and the boat keys
Amazon: Who leaves behind duck-footed (out-toed) shoe prints?
Professor Bob
Amazon: What is the backup to the satellite phone in case of emergency?
A hand-cranked siren
Amazon: When the kids arrive back to the empty camp, who was the “monster” that appeared, covered in thick black mud?
Professor Bob
Amazon: Why was Professor Bob covered in mud at their camp?
He forgot bug spray and was keeping the bugs away
Amazon: Ring reminds Professor Bob that the mud protecting him from bugs wouldn’t protect him from what?
Leeches
Amazon: How many leeches did Professor Bob have on his back?
Thirteen
Amazon: What does Asia write in when she can’t sleep at night?
Her field notebook
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).
Caleb
Amazon: How is Caleb connected to the Wilde family?
He’s the son of the mammal curator at The Wilds
Amazon: Asia’s mom compared Asia going to public school like going back to what?
Elementary school
Amazon: How many times have Asia and Ring been to Brazil with their dad?
Twice
Amazon: Who is the Wilde’s housekeeper?
Greta
Amazon: What color were Raoni’s legs painted?
Red
Amazon: What indigenous tribe is Raoni a part of?
Kayapo
Amazon: Who did the Kayapo think they had descended from?
Insects
Amazon: The first thing Raoni says to Ring is the Portuguese word for what breakfast item?
Egg (ovo)
Amazon: Besides English, what other language is Asia fluent in?
Portuguese
Amazon: How does Raoni originally refer to Professor Bob?
Spider monkey man
Amazon: What does Raoni say bad people are looking for all over the Amazon? (And how do you say it in Portuguese?)
Gold (ouro)
Amazon: Who wants the Kayapo & other indigenous people gone so that he can exploit their land?
Brazil’s president
Amazon: What does Dr. Jane call the collision of biology and politics?
Biolotics
Amazon: Asia compares the earth’s rainforests to what human body part?
The lungs (of the earth)
Amazon: What weapon is Raoni carrying when he comes to Ring & Asia’s camp?
A long bow & quiver of arrows
Amazon: How did Professor Bob react when Raoni cranked the siren?
Fell over backward in his chair
Amazon: When the kids hear “another siren” that sounded like it was getting closer, what was it really?
A cockatoo named Boo
Amazon: What is Boo (cockatoo’s name) short for, and why was he given that name?
Boomerang, because he always come back to them
Amazon: Where did Boo land and what did he do when he arrived at camp?
Professor Bob’s shoulder; nipped his ear
Amazon: When they’re heading along the path away from camp, what does Ring see that confirms they’re on the right route?
His mom’s boot prints coming and going along the path
Amazon: What does Ring see along the path when looking for something to sketch?
A snake (green anaconda)
Amazon: What animal was Professor Bob compared to to desribe how slowly he followed the path?
A two-legged tortoise
Amazon: What two types of bugs distracted Ring on his climb up the tree to one of his mom’s platforms?
Bullet ant and peanut-head bug
Amazon: What are the dimensions of their mom’s platform?
20 x 20 feet
Amazon: What is the name of the adult GLT they see at the first platform?
George
Amazon: Ring compares GLTs to “tiny golden __________” whats?
Yodas
Amazon: What kind of coin does Ring flip to decide who gets to zip over to the next platform?
A fifty-centavo coin
Amazon: The zip line at the Wilde’s house goes where?
To The Wilds administration building
Amazon: Dr. Jane is a beta tester for what technology?
New zip line technology
Amazon: What are the names of the GLTs at the second platform?
Willy and Wanda
Amazon: Who beat Asia to the third platform?
Boo
Amazon: What are the names of the GLTs at the third platform?
Karl and Kandy
Amazon: What did Asia notice when glancing up into the canopy from the third platform?
Cameras
Amazon: What did Professor Bob get bitten by on his way up to the platform?
Bullet ant
Amazon: Where did Ring find his mom’s computer password?
Taped under her desk, while crawling around to find a piece of candy
Amazon: How many memory cards did Asia collect from the cameras?
Nine
Amazon: What is Dr. Jane’s computer password?
notmycircusnotmymonkeys
Amazon: What is Dr. Jane’s computer background?
Asia & Ring holding snow leopard cubs in Tibet
Amazon: Where were the two men waiting to abduct Dr. Jane?
Platform 2
Amazon: What about Raoni surprised Asia & Ring when they’re watching the video of their mom’s abduction?
His perfect English with an American accent
Amazon: Who does Raoni say the two men in the abduction video are?
“Jorge” & “Juan”, garimpeiros (gold prospectors)
Amazon: What had “Jorge” and “Juan” offered to pay Raoni to do?
Kill the gold lion tamarin monkeys
Amazon: What did the men say they wanted the GLTs killed with?
Arrows
Amazon: What did Dr. Jane almost always do that made her easier to kidnap?
Worked alone
Amazon: Where did Raoni go when he was 10 years old?
Portland, Oregon to live with relatives
Amazon: What college did Raoni go to?
University of Oregon
Amazon: What did Raoni get his degrees in?
Cultural anthropology and conservation biology
Amazon: What is Raoni’s role in his village?
Headman
Amazon: How many people are in Raoni’s village?
27
Amazon: When Professor Bob asks about food, what does Raoni compare the rainforest to?
A giant grocery store, and he knows where the aisles and shelves are located
Amazon: What word does their dad use to describe Asia & Ring that’s similar to stubborn?
Willful
Amazon: What does Ring say would be an extra benefit of Professor Bob growing a beard?
Make it hard for bugs to get to his face
Amazon: How often does Professor Bob shave at home?
Twice a day
Amazon: How many bottles of bug spray had Professor Bob packed?
12
Amazon: What does Raoni see in the video that makes him think they didn’t harm Dr. Jane?
They put a hood over her head
Amazon: How did the kidnappers transport Dr. Jane?
On a litter
Amazon: What verb does Professor Bob use to describe how Raoni moves through the rainforest? He doesn’t walk; he ______.
Glides
Amazon: What animal carrying her baby on her back do they see on the trail while waiting for Raoni to come back?
Giant anteater
Amazon: When do the Kayapo wear giant anteater masks?
Naming ceremonies for their children
Amazon: What is official permission to mine for gold called?
A gold concession
Amazon: What did the garimpeiros discard every few miles along the path?
Cigarette butts
Amazon: What are the “highways of the Amazon”?
Rivers
Amazon: What does Ring suggest they call the river they’re stopped at to make camp while searching for their mom?
The No Idea River
Amazon: What was the first kind of fish Ring caught?
Piranha
Amazon: What type of fish did Ring say was probably the best tasting freshwater fish in Brazil?
Gamitana
Amazon: What was the first fish that Ring caught that he decided to keep?
Peacock bass
Amazon: How far did Raoni hike upriver to a village?
10 miles
Amazon: What was the villagers description of the boat they had seen?
A black inflatable Zodiac
Amazon: What do Ring & Asia want to pose as to get access to the mine?
Ecotourists with a medical emergency
Amazon: What role do Ring & Asia have for Professor Bob in their act to get access to the mine?
Their dad, with malaria
Amazon: What type of boat did Raoni borrow/buy for them to use to get upriver?
A dugout canoe
Amazon: What pinkish-gray animal do they see from the dugout canoe on their trip upriver to the mine?
A river dolphin
Amazon: What type of animal do they see that are sometimes called bush pigs?
Tapir
Amazon: What do Asia & Ring use to bail out the boat in the torrential downpour?
Milk jug scoops
Amazon: What does the rainforest normally smell like?
Decomposing vegetation
Amazon: What does Raoni say is the source of the awful smell they notice from their dugout canoe?
The “stink of gold”
Amazon: What makes the strange turquoise color of the pools of water at the mine?
The chemicals used to extract gold
Amazon: What does Raoni say his father did when he Raoni was young to make money?
Worked in a mine
Amazon: What does Asia choose as their cover names at the gold mine?
Betty & Bob Mars
Amazon: What is the name of the nurse who owned the local store at the gold mine?
Bianca
Amazon: What is Bianca working on when they first meet her?
Setting a man’s broken arm
Amazon: What do the miners use to break the land apart?
High-pressure hoses
Amazon: What chemicals do the miners pour in to adhere to the gold and reveal the nuggets?
Arsenic and mercury
Amazon: How much does Ring say Professor Bob owes him for the Malaria medicine?
250 Brazilian real (about $50)
Amazon: After their first night at the mine camp, what does Asia offer to help Bianca do in order to talk to her?
Restock shelves at the store
Amazon: What city in Texas does Asia tell Bianca they’re from?
Dallas
Amazon: After their first night at the mine camp, Ring says he’s going to go fishing for what?
Information
Amazon: What does Ring let Professor Bob borrow when he says didn’t realize he’d be imprisoned at the mine camp?
His e-reader
Amazon: What does Professor Bob request for breakfast at the mine camp?
A cheese omelet
Amazon: Where does the guard tell Ring the keys to the boats are kept?
In the office on the hill
Amazon: How much does the guard charge Ring for a carton of eggs?
100 reals (over $20)
Amazon: When Ring walks up to the store and finds Asia, what does he tell her he caught while he was fishing?
A dozen eggs
Amazon: What book does Professor Bob read on Ring’s e-reader?
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Amazon: What attachment on Professor Bob’s “fancy knife” does Ring use for omelet making?
Fork
Amazon: Who do Ring & Asia find talking on a sat phone at the gold mine? (Described as tall, middle-aged, reddish hair)
Mine’s owner, Dave Lamella
Amazon: What name does Raoni go by at the gold mine?
Martim
Amazon: Who tells Asia and Ring about the inflatable Zodiacs at the gold mine?
Dave
Amazon: Why did Asia decide not to call their dad on Dave’s sat phone?
So Dave wouldn’t have their dad’s phone number to ID them
Amazon: What did Ring compliment Asia on that surprised her?
Recognizing not to give their phone number away with the sat phone
Amazon: What do Asia & Ring see drying in the sun outside the garage door at the gold mine?
A jaguar skin
Amazon: Who did Ring see on an ATV riding away from the mine while he was out exploring a trail?
“Juan” (green ATV)
Amazon: Who did Ring see on a different ATV riding back toward the mine on the trail he was exploring?
“Jorge” (red ATV)
Amazon: When Ring gets back to the mine camp, Dave claims the ATV he heard was who doing what?
Dave looking for signs of jaguars
Amazon: What does Dave offer the kids when he invites them in for a tour of his office building?
A cold Coke
Amazon: What does Dave have mounted on the wall behind the desk in his office?
Two jaguar heads (one male, one female)
Amazon: How many other gold mines does Dave own?
Two
Amazon: What is the name of Dave’s mother-in-law who cooks for him?
Fia
Amazon: What kind of stew does Dave offer the kids that Fia has cooked up?
Tapir stew
Amazon: What does Dave call the room with spotting scopes to keep an eye on the mine?
The Crow’s Nest
Amazon: What did Dave say they used to help them put the buildings in place at the mine camp?
A helicopter
Amazon: How much does Bianca charge for someone to take a shower?
50 reals
Amazon: When the kids are talking about Dave’s niceness seeming a little fake, Raoni compares it to what mineral?
Fool’s gold, iron pyrite
Amazon: Who offers to retrieve the dugout while Asia & Ring go to find their mom?
Professor Bob
Amazon: When Raoni says they can track Professor Bob, Ring thinks it’ll be like tracking what?
A duck
Amazon: Who is Asia saving her bottle of Coke for?
Her mom
Amazon: What do Asia and Ring hear while waiting for Raoni in the dark that wakes Ring up from sleeping?
A jaguar’s roar
Amazon: What does Ring realize when he tries to get water from his pack while waiting on Raoni?
He has Professor Bob’s pack
Amazon: What did Raoni do with the ATV he found at the start of the trail away from camp?
Disabled it
Amazon: Who did Raoni see step out on the porch when the jaguar roared?
Dave & Jorge
Amazon: What does Raoni do to lure someone outside the cabin in the forest?
Imitates a jaguar roar
Amazon: What does Raoni do to get Juan out of the way?
Shoots his shoulder with an arrow, and hits his head with a stick
Amazon: What does Raoni tell them to look for in the cabin where Dr. Jane was kept?
A sat phone or two-way radio and food
Amazon: What did Juan and Jorge never do in Dr. Jane’s presence?
Speak to her or each other or show their faces
Amazon: What does Ring spot in the soft mud of the trail from their mom’s cabin to the river?
A jaguar paw-print (male, according to Raoni)
Amazon: Why didn’t Professor Bob have the dugout canoe at the river as planned?
The guards had moved it near their shack
Amazon: What is Ring’s idea for getting into the boathouse where the Zodiacs are kept?
Go in underwater
Amazon: What does Dr. Jane say jaguars are, which means they have no predators (other than humans)?
Apex species
Amazon: Who stays with Raoni in the dugout canoe and who goes with Dr. Jane to check on the GLTs?
Prof Bob with Raoni; kids with Dr. Jane
Amazon: What does Ring offer to do when he, his mom, and his sister reach the trees with the platforms, so they can rest?
Climb the tree and throw down ropes
Amazon: Who tries to get Ring to share his energy bar with him?
Willy
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?
Cheeseburger
Amazon: What term does Dr. Jane use for the food she gives the GLTs before they’ve started fully foraging?
Supplemental food
Amazon: When all five were in the dugout canoe, who paddled?
Raoni and Professor Bob
Amazon: Who did Dr. Jane say she thought of first when she got out of her drugged stupor?
Asia
Amazon: Who volunteered to take the first lookout shift at the platforms?
Asia
Amazon: Where did Ring trap the GLTs to take them with them?
Their nest box
Amazon: What was flown in and out of the gold mine camp by helicopter once a week?
Gold out; wages in
Amazon: When the men are climbing the tree to Platform 2, where do the Wildes go to escape?
Platform 1, by zip
Amazon: Who ransacked the Wildes’ camp while they were away rescuing their mom?
A woolly monkey & porcupines
Amazon: What kind of animal was feeding on food in the cook tent when the Wildes show up?
A group of prehensile-tailed tree porcupines
Amazon: What was Ring worried about when crossing the river, more than piranhas?
Caimans
Amazon: How many men were in the helicopter?
5 (Dave, Juan, Jorge, pilot, one extra)
Amazon: When the Wildes spotted Raoni across the river from their hiding spot, who was with him?
4 other Kayapo men
Amazon: What does Raoni say their advantage is against the 5 men with guns?
“The hunters don’t know they are being hunted”
Amazon: What does Ring divert away from his mom and sister when they’re swimming back across the river?
A caiman
Amazon: Asia noticed Raoni wasn’t moving with an anaconda anymore. Instead she compared him to what other animal?
A yellow-footed tortoise foraging for food
Amazon: What did Raoni mean when he said Juan had been neutralized?
He had him tied up in a hammock
Amazon: Raoni tells the Wildes that they will deal with the 5 armed men the _______________ way.
Kayapo
Amazon: Who did Raoni’s Kayapo friends come marching back to camp with at sunset?
Jorge and the other man
Amazon: What are some examples that Asia gives of symbiosis?
Moth & sloth, clownfish and anemone
Amazon: What does Dr. Jane say is another word for symbiosis?
Mutualism
Amazon: What compliment does Asia give to Ring when they’re talking at night at the camp?
Good idea to deflate the Zodiacs
Amazon: How did Dave get back to their camp without them hearing him?
Used the canoe from the helicopter
Amazon: Who distracted Dave enough for Ring to throw his rock?
Boo
Amazon: Where did Ring hit Dave on his body with the rock?
His forehead
Amazon: What did Dr. Jane carry out of the tent to use as a weapon?
A tripod
Amazon: What was Ring’s job when the Wildes went back to the platforms to check on the GLTs, after capturing Dave?
Find the downed zip line and reattach it
Amazon: What was Asia’s job when the Wildes went back to the platforms to check on the GLTs, after capturing Dave?
Replace camera memory cards
Amazon: Asia tells Ring a Latin phrase: Sic transit gloria mundi. What does it mean?
All glory is fleeting
Amazon: When Ring & Asia are waiting for their mom to come to Platform 2, who zips over instead?
Their dad
Amazon: Who did Dr. Jack try to get help from when he arrived in Altamira?
The police and a military base
Amazon: Where was Professor Bob when he was calling Dr. Jack?
Two blocks away in Altamira
Amazon: Why does the Colonel eventually agree to help Dr. Jack and Professor Bob?
He recognizes Juan and Jorge as deserters he’s been trying to find
Amazon: What does Dr. Jack say he’s buying for everyone?
Sat phones
Amazon: What does Professor Bob have in a big pack on his back when he’s reunited with the Wildes?
Books
Amazon: Who will stay behind to record GLT behavioral data when Dr. Jane leaves?
A group of graduate students
Amazon: Where are the Wildes headed after they leave the Amazon?
Mexico (San Felipe, in Baja, on the Sea of Cortez)
Amazon: What endangered animal is Dr. Jack going to try to save in the Sea of Cortez?
Vaquita
Amazon: What type of animal is the vaquita?
Porpoise; smallest cetacean in the world
Amazon: Who is Asia going to ask to visit them in Mexico?
Caleb
Amazon: Asia says Ring thinks like what animal, not thinking ahead or behind, just in the present?
The jaguar
Amazon: Ring and Asia are both certified in what, which helped Ring stay calm underwater in the boat house?
SCUBA
Amazon: How did Ring disable the Zodiacs?
Many small cuts in each pontoon segment
