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115 Cards in this Set
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Who or what is Kelso?
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Sheep dog's leader (German Shepherd)
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Where did the sheep run to when fangos appeared?
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Ran toward the top of the cliff
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Name of the Old Baltimore Schooner Ship
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Patty B
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Items that the ship, Patty B carried
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New Zealand wood & short crew of salty brave sailors & and boy named Jack
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Who or what is Sage?
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Old English sheep dog
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Describe Sage
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Blind and fearless
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Describe the fangos
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Yellow eyes, form and teeth
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Who was the oldman that Jack cooked supper with?
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Cookie
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What meal was Cookie and Jack making?
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Potato Scouse
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Describe Cookie
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Short & squat, with a mad, merry face, & a bald shiny head
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What did Moxie do when Kelso barked, "Watch for fangos?
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She ran in a tight useless circle that made her dizzy
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Who or what fought the fangos?
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Older dogs
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How did Jack's parents die?
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San Francisco Earthquake
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What did Cookie call Jack?
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Jackie Tar
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What was the strangest thing to watch when Cookie slept?
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He would tell big long stories in his dreams
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Who or what is Kelso?
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Sheep dog's leader (German Shepherd)
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Where did the sheep run to when fangos appeared?
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Ran toward the top of the cliff
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Name of the Old Baltimore Schooner Ship
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Patty B
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Items that the ship, Patty B carried
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New Zealand wood & short crew of salty brave sailors & and boy named Jack
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Who or what is Sage?
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Old English sheep dog
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Describe Sage
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Blind and fearless
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Describe the fangos
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Yellow eyes, form and teeth
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Who was the oldman that Jack cooked supper with?
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Cookie
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What meal was Cookie and Jack making?
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Potato Scouse
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Describe Cookie
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Short & squat, with a mad, merry face, & a bald shiny head
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What did Moxie do when Kelso barked, "Watch for fangos?
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She ran in a tight useless circle that made her dizzy
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Who or what fought the fangos?
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Older dogs
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How did Jack's parents die?
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San Francisco Earthquake
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What did Cookie call Jack?
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Jackie Tar
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What was the strangest thing to watch when Cookie slept?
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He would tell big long stories in his dreams
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What did Cooke say just before the great wave struck ship?
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Here she comes!
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Name of the big Maori twins
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Toa and Tanati
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Which two men had so many tattoos they looked like they wore costumes and masks?
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Toa and Tanati
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What did the twins tie onto Jack with a rope to save his life?
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Bale of sheep's wool
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Sage would tell stories to the young dogs.What were their favorite stories about?
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Humans
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What was the name of Jack's ship?
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The Patty B.
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What was the ship carrying?
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New Zealand wool
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What was the cook's name?
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Cookie
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What were the names of the Maori twins?
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Toa and Tanati
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What did the Maori twins tie Jack to before throwing him into the water?
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raft of wool
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How did Moxie get Jack to come to Sage?
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stick/fetch
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What did Sage show Jack in a hole in the rock wall?
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metal box with matches
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What name does Jack give to Sage?
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Grandfather
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What does Sage show Jack near the wall?
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a walking staff
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What did Sage think about the boy?
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He is lucky
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What did Kelso think about the boy?
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he is unlucky
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What are the wild dogs called?
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Fangos
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What did the dogs think was unbelievable?
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a dog killing a sheep
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What did Jack say life is?
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scouse (ship's stew)
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How can Jack make salt?
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evaporate seawater in rock pockets
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Who showed up when Jack found the apple orchard?
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Mr. Bones and the fangos
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Who told Jack about soaking a sheep hide?
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Father Maley
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What did Jack make out of the fleece?
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cape
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What did Jack make with the sticks he threw off the cliff?
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a raft
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What books did Jack think about?
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Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island
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What became more important than surviving for Jack?
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staying a boy
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What orphanage had he gone to?
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St. Brendan's
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What did Jack use to fight the fangos?
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the staff
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What did Sage tell Jack he needed?
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vigilance
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What did Jack think Mr. Bones was?
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a traitor
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During Kelso's and Mr. Bones's fight, what did Jack not see?
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the ship
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What did Jack do after Kelso and Mr. Bones fell off the cliff?
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He lit the woodpile
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How did Jack react when Toa and Tanati found him?
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He acted like a dog
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What did Sage say they called humans?
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Stinkers
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How did Jack escape the fangos the first time he encountered them?
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He climbed a tree
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What did Jack call the head fango?
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Mr. Bones
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What kind of dog was Moxie?
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border collie
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What kind of dog was Kelso?
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German Shepherd
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What color were Moxie's eyes?
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one blue, one brown
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What did Sage say the first fango was?
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a dog
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What did Sage say turned dogs into fangos?
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not having humans around
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What was Moxie trying to do at the beginning?
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jump from sheep to sheep
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What nickname did Cookie have for Jack?
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Jackie Tar
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What was the captain's name who was the captain of Jack's ship?
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Captain Day
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How did Mr. Bones say the word "boy"?
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B…b..bbb..bb
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1. To whom is this book dedicated?
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1.To the dog in all of us.
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2. Who is the "him" that Kelso tells Moxie to "Hold on…Ride him longer"?
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2. A sheep (or ram).
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3. What is the name of the blind dog?
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3. Sage
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4. What type of ship is it that Jack sails?
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4. A Baltimore schooner (or a schooner)
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5. What was the name of the ship that Jack sails?
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5. the Patty B
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6. What was the port that Jack's ship sailed from?
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6. San Francisco
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7. What do the sailors sleep in while on their ship?
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7. In hammocks
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8. What are the names of the big Maori twins?
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8. Toa and Tanati
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9. Why did the Captain have the men toss Jack overboard?
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9. He did not want to chance it that the ship would sink with Jack still on board.
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10. Why didn't Jack sink when they tossed him overboard?
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10. He was tied to a waterproof bale of wool that floated in the water.
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11. What does Sage call the humans' hands?
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11. Mouths, with five long, soft teeth.
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12. In Sage's story, how did the humans learn to throw sticks?
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12. The dogs trained the humans how to throw sticks.
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13.According to Sage, what were two names the dogs called the humans?
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13. Stinkers and masters
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14. What does Kelso tell the young dogs they must always do?
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14. Protect the flock.
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15. What is the first clue for Moxie that there is something new on the island?
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15. She smells somethng different.
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16. How does Moxie try to hold on to the strange new scent?
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16. She flops down on top of the print, rolls onto her back and squirms back and forth to get all the scent to stick to her coat.
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17. After Moxie sees the new creature, she runs from it. What does the creature do that makes her stop for a moment?
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17. It whistles.
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18. Why didn't the fangoes chase Moxie as she ran hard to the rocks?
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18. She surprised them by running so hard and was gone so quickly that they did not think about chasing her.
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19. How does Jack escape the wild dogs that surround him in the forest?
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19. He climbs a tree.
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20. How do the other dogs in Moxie's group know she has seen a human?
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20. Sage tells them to smell the human scent on Moxie's coat.
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21. What saves Jack when he fell from the limb with the wild dogs underneath him?
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21. He had looped the belt arund the tree, then buckled himself in.
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22. After Jack sees the dogs he hopes he will find people. What clues lead Jack to understand that he is alone?
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22.He sees the ruins of a farmstead and he notices the sheep looked as if they had never been sheared (their fleece were dirty and matted).
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23. How long had Jack been on the island when he was sure he was alone?
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23. By his second day on the island.
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24. What is a "Possible?"
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24. What Father Maley calls an orphan that is good enough for someone to take home.
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25. How does the little Border collie(Moxie) get Jack to go see Sage?
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25. She uses a stick, playing fetch with Jack, moving the stick closer and closer to the old English sheepdog at the burnt ruins.
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26. Where does Jack get the matches he uses to build a fire?
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26. Grandfather/Sage leads him to a hole in the rock wall where a stone had fallen out where Jack then finds a rusted metal box that holds a glass jar full of matches.
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27. What does Sage say caused the dogs to become fangoes?
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27. It was not having humans.
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28. What was the name of the first dog that killed a sheep?
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28. Fango.
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29. Which dog(s) remember the humans from before Jack?
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29. Only Fango and Sage.
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30. What were the vegetables that Jack found in what appeared to be an old garden?
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30. He found radishes, potatoes, carrots, and onions
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31. After Jack and Moxie are separated by the fangoes, Moxie realizes the difference between Sage and old Fango. What is that difference?
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31. Though Sage lost his sight, Fango had lost language.
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32. What happened when Fango lost language, according to Moxie's way of thinking?
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32. When Fango lost language, he lost his very soul, he was a killer, he was no longer a dog.
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33. How did Jack keep the fire going during the day?
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33. He buried the coals.
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34. How does Jack resist thinking that he would grow old alone on the island?
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34. He daydreamed about his past.
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35. Which daydream would always get to Jack?
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35. The one in which a new boy in the orphanage who had survived a terrible shipwreck in which all hands were lost except for him.
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36. Why is the little dog Moxie ashamed?
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On two occasions she had been unable to protect or save the boy.
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37. As Moxie watches the boy build his towering pile of sticks on the beach, what does she see that the boy does not?
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37. Moxie sees a ship.
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38. How is Jack able to get out of the forest after he and Moxie are surrounded by the wild dogs as they gather sticks.
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38. Jack toops his belt around a long limb and swings it around his head until he and Moxie are out into the meadow.
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39. What is the clue throughout the book that Fango/Mr. Bones is near.
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A rank and foul-smelling odor.
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40. What does Jack do when Tanati and Toa find him on the beach?
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Jack fights , bites and growls like a dog.
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