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132 Cards in this Set

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Who is the boss? Who runs the Big Top Mall?
Mack
Read page 6
Where is Ivan’s domain throughout most of the story?
Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade
Read page 6
Where in the mall is the performance ring?
Middle of the mall
Read page 6
Who are Ivan's dearest friends?
Bob (dog) and Stella (elephant)
Read page 7
How did Ivan crack one of his glass walls?
Baseball bat
Read page 7
Who gave Ivan a baseball bat on his 6th birthday?
Mack
Read page 7
What is painted one of Ivan's walls?
A jungle scene
Read page 7
How many of Ivan's walls are made of glass?
3
Read page 7
Where is Ivan’s and Stella’s domain?
Next to each other at one end of the ring
Read page 7
Who is on the billboard outside the mall
Ivan, Stella, a clown (Mack)
Read page 9
Which of Ivan's animal neighbors plays baseball?
a chicken
Read page 11
Which of Ivan's animal neighbors drives a fire truck?
a rabbit
Read page 11
Which of Ivan's animal neighbors could balance a ball on her nose?
a seal
Read page 11
Who ate 100 pennies?
The seal
Read page 11
Who rides on Stella’s back while she performs?
Snickers, the dog
Read page 12
Where does Snickers (poodle) perform?
Stella’s back.
Read page 12
Who leaves sticky fingerprints?
Humans
Read page 14
What is between Ivan and the humans?
Glass
Read page 14
Who gave Ivan his stuffed toy gorilla?
Julia
Read page 15
What are me-balls?
Ivan’s dried poop - the size of an apple
Read page 15
What does Ivan have in his domain?
Tire swing, a baseball, a tiny plastic pool filled with dirty water, an old TV, Not-Tag
Read page 15
Who gave Ivan his first crayon?
Julia
Read page 16
Who is toy gorilla (Not Tag) named after?
Ivan's gorilla sister, Tag
Read page 16
How much does Mack sell Ivan’s paintings for?
$20/$25 framed
Read page 18
What as a baby, what did Ivan paint with and what did he paint on (canvas)?
He used mud, his fingers, and painted on his mother's back
Read page 19
Who says Ivan isn't cute anymore?
Mack
Read page 21
Who put a T.V. in Ivan's domain?
Mack
Read page 23
What are Ivan’s favorite TV shows?
Cartoons- especially when someone slips on a banana peel
Read page 23
What are Bob the dog’s favorite TV shows?
Pro-bowling and cat food commercials, they like westerns too
Read page 23
How did Ivan realize he wasn’t the only gorilla in the world?
Watching TV
Read page 26
What do Stella and Ivan have in common?
They are huge and along and both love yogurt raisins
Read page 27
"What does Ivan compare his, Bob’s and Stella’s size?"
Stella is a mountain, Ivan is a rock, Bob is a grain of sand
Read page 27
What is Ivan’s (and Stella’s) favorite snack?
Yogurt Raisins
Read page 27
What is Stella’s trick with Snickers?
She stands on her hind feet and Bob jumps on her head
Read page 28
How thick is Stella’s skin/hide?
Thick as bark on an ancient tree
Read page 28
Where are the chain-scars on Stella?
Her legs
Read page 30
What are the scars from on Stella’s legs?
Chains
Read page 30
Who is the bird who talks (a blue and yellow macaw)?
Thelma
Read page 32
How much food must a silverback eat a day to '…stay a silverback?'
45 pounds
Read page 33
What does Ivan also enjoy to eat?
occasional insect
Read page 33
What does Bob the dog eat?
Hot dog ends from the trash and spilled lemonade and splattered ice cream cones
Read page 34
Where did humans toss Bob the dog?
The freeway
Read page 35
How many siblings did Bob have?
3 brothers/2 sisters
Read page 35
Where in Ivan’s domain is the glass broken?
The corner
Read page 36
Where did Bob sleep after getting tossed onto the highway?
First in icy mud in the ditch, next night under dirty hay near the mall
Read page 36
Where does Bob sleep?
Ivan’s belly
Read page 36
Where does Bob say his home is?
Everywhere
Read page 37
Bob said ‘Poodles are…’?
…parasites. (talking about snickers the dog)
Read page 37
What famous artist does Mack call Ivan?
Picasso
Read page 38
What does Ivan call people (negatively)?
Slimy chimps
Read page 41
Who are the slimy chimps?
Humans
Read page 41
Where does Julia sit while Bob George cleans?
By Ivan’s cage
Read page 43
Who cleans the mall? (custodian)
George
Read page 43
Who is George's daughter
Julia (10 years old)
Read page 43
Who is Julia's mother and George's wife?
Sara
Read page 43
What school classes does Julia like?
Science and art
Read page 44
What does Julia want to be when she grows up?
a famous artist
Read page 44
What does Ivan look in Julia’s drawings?
Sad
Read page 45
What was the best thing Julia ever gave Bob?
his name
Read page 46
Who gave Bob his name?
Julia
Read page 46
What does Bob say is the reason he won't let humans touch him?
their scent upsets his digestion
Read page 48
What does Stella do when she can't sleep?
try remembering a good day
Read page 53
Who was Ivan's old favorite keeper?
Gerald
Read page 54
Who recognizes that Ivan's drawing is of a beetle?
Julia
Read page 58
How does Stella know a baby elephant is coming?
she can hear her crying for her mother
Read page 61
Where in Stella’s Jambo story does the boy fall?
In a gorilla habitat
Read page 64
"Stella’s story: a boy fell into a gorilla den, who was the gorilla that protected the boy?"
Jambo
Read page 65
"Who is the new animal at the mall, Ivan’s new neighbor, the baby elephant?"
Ruby
Read page 69
Who coaxes Ruby out of the truck?
Stella
Read page 72
Where did Ruby come from?
Africa
Read page 73
Where did Mack get Ruby from?
A bankrupt circus out west.
Read page 73
Where were the chains put on Ruby’s feet in the circus?
Her feet.
Read page 78
Whose picture gets added to the billboard?
Ruby
Read page 83
Who sells Ivan’s paintings?
Mack
Read page 86
Who is george's favorite animal at Big Top Mall?
Stella
Read page 88
What does Ivan draw for Ruby to explain a joke?
a refrigerator
Read page 92
Where did nice humans rescue Ruby from?
A hole she fell in
Read page 103
Who helped Ruby out of the hole she fell in?
Humans
Read page 103
Who promises Stella they will take care of Ruby?
Ivan
Read page 112
Where was Ivan born?
Central Africa
Read page 123
Why did Ivan's sister get named Tag?
she liked to chase him around
Read page 123
Where did Mud and Tag like to bounce?
Their dad’s belly
Read page 124
Mud is whose real name?
Ivan
Read page 125
Where did Ivan live after Africa and the crate?
With Mack
Read page 130
Who did Ivan live with after he was captured?
Mack
Read page 130
Who was Mack’s wife?
Helen
Read page 130
What did Mack and Helen order for Ivan at the restaurant?
french fries and a strawberry shake
Read page 131
Where did Ivan first paint? (in Mack’s house)
The Kitchen
Read page 137
How many days had Ivan lived with humans?
9,876 days
Read page 144
What does Ivan make the ‘days counted' marks?
Magic Marker, wall
Read page 144
What snack does Mack give Ruby when she obeys and does her tricks?
Sugar cube or dried apple
Read page 148
What does Mack use on the elephants to make them do tricks?
A Claw-stick
Read page 151
Who hits Ruby with a claw-stick?
Mack
Read page 151
What does Ruby do to Mack after he uses the claw-stick?
hits him with her trunk
Read page 152
Who hits Mack (what animal)
Ruby
Read page 153
Who has doctor bills? (why George needs his job)
Julia’s mom, Sara
Read page 155
What always comes first before Julia can draw?
Homework
Read page 155
Who gives Ivan finger paints?
Julia
Read page 159
Who does Ivan paint for? 'These paintings are for ______. Every one of them'
Ruby
Read page 175
Where does Ivan hide the pages of his big picture?
Under his pool, in Not Tag
Read page 175 & 189
What is Ivan painting in order to save Ruby?
a picture of Ruby in the zoo
Read page 192
What is the first letter Ivan draws/writes?
H
Read page 198
What famous artist does George refer to Ivan as?
Rembrandt
Read page 211
Who does Ivan draw a picture of in a zoo? (This is Ivan's big multi-page picture.)
Ruby
Read page 214
Julia considers both herself and Ivan…
Artists
Read page 217
How does Julia convince George to put Ivan’s big picture on the billboard?
She shows him the claw-stick, says it's a matter of p-r-i-n-c-i-p-l-e, and compares her to Stella
Read page 219
Who calls the local paper informing them about Ivan (as an artist?)
Julia
Read page 224
Who does Mack take a picture with?
Ruby
Read page 224
After the billboard picture, how much does Mack sell Ivan's paintings for?
$65 with a frame
Read page 227
What do people call Ivan after the billboard?
Ape Artist/Primate Picasso
Read page 228
What time are Ruby's shows?
2, 4, and 7
Read page 228
What TV program do the animals and the mall appear on?
The Early News at Five O'Clock
Read page 230
After the news and the protesters outside the the mall, what is Julia’s favorite protest sign?
Elephants are people too.
Read page 233
After the inspector, comes a lady with a white coat, and she smells like….
lobelia blossoms
Read page 235
How do they get Ruby into the big box to move her out of the mall?
Clicker training
Read page 238
Ruby calls the mall her home, but Ivan calls it…
her prison
Read page 240
What was the last time Ivan was in a box?
his sister died
Read page 244
What does Julia give Ivan before he leaves for the zoo?
A picture of him and Ruby with another elephant and gorilla. Ivan is smiling
Read page 248
Who is the zoo lady? What is her name?
Maya
Read page 249
Mack enters Ivan’s cage the night before he is taken away, sits in the swing, and shows Ivan…
A picture of Mack and Ivan
Read page 255
What does Ivan give Bob the dog as he is leaving his cage?
Not-Tag
Read page 258
Who does Ivan miss 'most of all' when he gets to the zoo?
Bob the dog
Read page 263
How many gorillas are with Ivan in his zoo habitat?
Four. 3 females and a juvenile male
Read page 270
Who does Ivan think of that makes him walk through the door and into the zoo?
Ruby
Read page 276
Who approaches Ivan's food and makes Ivan start to act like a silverback gorilla? (which gorilla?)
Juvenile male
Read page 280
Who does Ivan hear/see in the zoo (also from the mall)?
Ruby
Read page 283
Who becomes Ivan's girlfriend (which female gorilla)?
Kinyani
Read page 288
What does Ivan use to paint with at the zoo?
Mud
Read page 291
When Julia, George, and Bob visit Ivan at the zoo, who tells Ivan he's behaving like a chimp?
Bob the dog
Read page 297
What kind of dogs is Julia walking to make money to pay for Bob's food?
poodles
Read page 299
Who comes to live with Julia and George after he is fired?
Bob the dog
Read page 299
Who is in the picture Julia shows Ivan at the zoo?
Ruby, with other elephants
Read page 299