Characters
Plot
Figurative Lang
Only Ivan
Inferences
100

This character is a small dog.  He is Ivan's best friend. 

Who is Bob?

100

This is what happened to Ivan's mom and dad.

What is humans killed them?

100

Stella is a mountain.

What is metaphor?

100

Excrement thrown at visitors.

What is a me-ball?

100

They place a large box in the center of the ring.  It's Ruby-sized.  What can you infer about the purpose of the box?

It is to take Ruby to the zoo.

200

Stella does not want her to have the same life she did.

Who is Ruby?

200

This is where George gets a job at the end.

What is the zoo?

200

Humans chatter like chimps when they have nothing to say.

What is a simile?

200

Ivan's real name.

Mud

200

The inspection man hands Mack a paper.  Mack covers his face.  He goes to his office and slams the door.  What can you infer about what was on the paper?

They taking the animals, closing the show

300

The artist that connects best with Ivan.

Who is Julia?

300

This is the promise that Ivan made.

What is to get Ruby out of the mall?

300

"The sign is fading, the colors bleeding, but I know what it says."

What is personification?

300

Ivan's sister that died because she could not let go of the past.

Tag

300

It would be easier to promise to stop eating, to stop breathing, to stop being a gorilla.  What can you infer about Ivan's confidence in freeing Ruby?

He thinks that it is impossible.

400

He said, "Get my ladder"

Who is George?

400

This is why Ivan is never angry.

Angry gorillas have something to protect.  He does not.

400

The back of the truck was a dark cave.

What is a metaphor?

400

Because he wants to forget because of his traumatic past.

Why does Ivan not remember his past?

400

When I'm settled Maya gives me a sweet drink that tastes of Mango and something bitter. My eyelids grow heavy. I want to see what happens next, but I'm sleepy, so sleepy.  What can you infer about Ivan being so sleepy?

He was given a sedative.

500

The name of the show dog that Bob gets annoyed with.

Who is Snickers?

500

This is why Ivan enters the box.

What is to set an example for Ruby.
500

Figurative language that helps the reader VISUALIZE

What is imagery?

500

The name of Ivan's girlfriend.

Who is Kinyani?

500


Once Stella saw a trainer hit a bull elephant with a claw- stick...When the claw- stick caught in the bull's flesh, he tossed the trainer into the air with his tusk.The man flew, Stella said, like an ugly bird. She never saw the bull again.  What can you infer about the fate of the elephant bull?

He was killed.