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26 Cards in this Set
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What protected the ranch from flooding?
How deep was it? |
a 100-ft trench
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What intervals does the author use to measure the amount of time it had been raining?
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Weeks
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Why did the flood-control office have to open the gates?
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to take pressure off the gates
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What stream did the water ruch down? What was the size of the channel that was dug to protect Africa USA?
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Santa Clarita 100 ft wide, 12 ft deep, one mile long
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What was unique about the flood?
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it was the worst flood in the last hundred years
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How long did the flood last?
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3 days
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Who were first talked about to save the animals and what animals were saved?
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Miquel and Ralph
"Beverly Hills" |
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What animal FIRST helped Ralph get to other cages? What type of animal was it?
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Gentle Ben the BEAR
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EXTRA CREDIT: State what happened right after Ben helped Ralph get around.
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Ralph let go to let Gentle Ben get to shore himself, but when he turned around Gentle Ben was being swept downstream.
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What caused 2 of Ralph's favorite animals to be swept downstream?
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Ralph dropped the key, so he couldn't release them from their cages.
QUICK FACTS TO REMEMBER: Elephants were next when their building succumbed to the water's force. Some animals sprang past their rescuers only to get swept downstream |
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What animal carried Ralph and where?
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A lion carried Ralph, who clung onto his mane, to the opposite bank.
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What miracle was witnessed because of the Flood?
Hint: has to with We're all God's creation |
People and animals swam fighting for their lives, and ex: the lions didn't kill the monkeys nor the humans
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What near-death experience did Ralph and Frank have?
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When Clarence jumped, he knocked off a pipeline which gave Frank a short shock.
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After Clarence, what incident happened while Ralph helped other animals? what animals did he help?
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Ralph tries to free a group of monkeys, and Frank got caught on a rope and almost drowned.
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What fear-trained killer animal was killed because of his training?
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The killer lion was swept away because he was scared of getting out of his cage.
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How did some of the rescuers save the "wild string" animals/ feartrained animals?
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The owners tranquilized the animals because they attacked them.
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What animal helped other animals get to safety?
What animal was swept away though Ralph thought he could swim all right? |
Modoc and Bullfrog
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What two events happened while Ralph and his crew were stranded on the haven?
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People from the highway sent McDonald's and girls took the snakes to warmer water
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What animal gives hope to Helfer when they are able to hear its call? what is its call?
Hint: This call sound like an english word, so they put the animal by the entrance. |
Bullfrog is found trying to get on the slippery bank, but slips down the water.
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What animals REALLY give
Helfer hope when they are found? |
Rona and Sheba
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What animals were Toni all responsible for taking care of? what was amazing about how they got safe?
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The Nursery
They all followed her accordingly |
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What two animals were found alive? One of which had other animals with him.
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BullFrog and Zamba with other animals by his feet.
QUICK FACT: The animals turned up in yards and restaurants. |
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How many animals died? What number of them died because they had a different type of ________
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5 training (fear trained) QUICK FACT: People arrived with help. |
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what disease did Ralph have and what animal lifted his spirits?
hint: It was one of the first animals lost |
Pneuomonia
Gentle Ben |
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How many awards have Helfer's animal's recieved?
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26 Patsy awards
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LAST QUESTION! NO ANSWER: How did the affection-trained animals act and how did the fear trained?
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