Characters
The three main characters are
What is Karen Ross, Peter Elliot and Amy
Amy is...?
What is a gorilla?
The opening scene is
What is a video of a camp site being destroyed by gorillas?
The name of the expedition company and the area they are exploring
What is ERTS and the Lost City of Zinj?
Elliot goes to the Congo for this reason.
What is he wants to find the meaning behind Amy's dreams and help her feel better?
Amy is special because
What is she can communicate with sign language?
The book ends with...
What is Amy being reintroduced to the wild and teaching her offspring sign language?
The diamonds are valuable because...
What is they will put the company ahead 5 years in their work?
The name of the scientist/guide and his goal
What is Charles Munroe and he is trying to steal the beautiful diamonds from the Congo?
Amy signs this to the dangerous gorillas to keep them out of the camp
What is Go Away, No Come and Bad Here?
The solution the team comes up with to keep the savage gorillas away for a week
What is using tear gas?
The Lost City of Zinj is a popular site for exploration because
What is it has been not accessible for many years and it is thought that there are precious diamonds hidden in it?
Ross wants to go to the Congo because
What is she wants to explore the attacked expedition site and find the precious diamonds?
The reason Amy's drawings are significant
What is the Congo and where she wants to go back to?
When the team lands in the Virunga jungle this happens and this is what Ross thinks
What is they lose communication with HQ and Ross thinks the Japanese are interfering with them?
The gorillas in the Congo are weird because...
What is the natives have breed them to be destructive to protect the diamonds?
This character sets up explosives and when they go off they cause this to happen.
What is Ross sets up explosives to uncover the mines and they cause the volcano to erupt?
After Amy's second panic attack, she does this because...
What is she runs away because she thinks the team is angry with her?
This is why the communication is truly down.
What is a solar flare?
The name of the erupting volcano (spelling counts)
What is Mount Nyiragongo?