Jaguar (chapters 1-6)

Who is the main character in the book and how old is the main character?

• Robert Hansen - 17 years old
• Tony Danza - 13 years old
• Jake Lansa - 14 years old
• Roland Smith - 10 years old

What is Jake's father Robert called by his friends and his only son Jake? Page 1

• Sport
• Pops
• Doc
• The Mad Scientist

Where do Jake and his father currently live (city and state)? Page 2

• Chicago, Illinois
• Miami, Florida
• Sacramento, California
• Poughkeepsie, New York

What is Jake's grandfather's name? Page 2?

• Tawapu
• Steve
• Jack
• Robert

Why is Jake upset with his father on pages 4-5?

• Doc is leaving for a trip to Las Vegas and Jake isn't old enough to go with him.
• Doc is leaving for a jaguar preserve in Brazil and Jake has to stay with Taw at the retirement home.
• Doc has to move to the campus of UCLA to study jaguars with another biologist.
• Jake wants to join a student group on a missionary trip to Kenya, but Doc won't let him go.

Who is Colonel P.H. Fawcett? Pages 16-17

• P.H Fawcett is a famous military officer that won the purple heart in Vietnam.
• P.H. Fawcett is Brazilian millionaire that is illegally hunting jaguars in the Amazon Rainforest.
• P.H. Fawcett was an explorer that disappeared in the Amazon while searching for the fabled Muribeca Mines.
• P.H. Fawcett was a famous politician and teacher from Kenya.

On pages 25-26 Jake receives a fax from his dad. What did the letter say?

• Jake's dad is leaving Brazil and flying to Africa to study elephants again.
• Jake's dad bought a brand new house in Brasilia and he wants Jake to move in with him.
• Jake's dad has taken a job working for the Mexican museum in Mexico City.
• Jake's dad bought Jake a plane ticket so he can come to Brazil for a visit.

When Jake, Taw, and Peter arrive in Brooklyn, where did they go to visit? Pages 31-32

• The old Dodger stadium
• The Statue of Liberty
• Jake's mother's grave
• Coney Island

Who picked up Jake at the airport in Manaus, Brazil? Page 36

• Buzz Lindbergh
• Bill Brewster
• Robert Lansa
• P.H. Fawcett

What was the "Morpho" that Buzz showed Jake on page 47? 

• A go-cart
• A skateboard
• A kite
• An ultralight