Vocabulary
unwillingly
reluctantly
Loaded shotgun
The river is filled with these (3).
Insects, poisonous snakes, and debilitating diseases
This was the worst to happen to the rain forest
Gold mining
Silver served in what war?
Vietnam
What did men put a wager on?
Weight of the jaguar
indigenous
native
The shotgun was meant to do what?
stop trouble not start it
When the rive opens up what will it be filled with
Men who will murder you
Why did people kill every animal they could see? (2)
Food and sell their skin.
Silver's son was named?
Tito
What was Raul known to be good at?
Tracking jaguars
tethered
Tied up
Captain of the boat
Silver
According to Silver this is the reason that most expeditions fail.
too many people
Farther up the river what was harder to find?
Fuel
What were the men doing in the hole near the mining settlement?
mining for gold
Feeding the cubs and mother
The biggest problem on the boat.
lying face downward
prone
The boat was on this?
Autopilot
How long would it take them to get to the site if everything went well
Three weeks
What was the permit system stopped according to Flanna?
To stop foreigners fro plundering the rain forest without giving back to the country.
Raul
How did Raul track the jaguar
Bird call
Tuft
Short cluster of material strands
Scarlet's job on the boat?
Tells when the boat will ram a floating log.
These we hanging on the boat
Mosquito nets and hammocks
Why was the permit system started according to Silver?
Government officials used the permits as a way yo make sure they got a cut of the action.
The name of the man that wanted a ride back down river? First and last name
Fred Stoats
Raul's three conditions to get the jaguar?
1. look at the tranquilizer dart
2. take it to town and weigh it
3. go to the preserve and see it set free