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Read one section at a time, then discuss the questions to review understanding. These questions are a starting place for conversation, not a complete test of the chapter.
Chapter 1
Comprehension questions
What did Jack receive in the mail?
Page 3 — A book about the allosaurus
3
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
What did Whizzy cough up?
Page 6 — A puzzle piece in the shape of a country that goes to the map on Jack’s wall
6
What country was it and where is he going?
Page 7 — USA; New York City
7
How did Jack travel to the United States?
Page 8 — His map swallowed him up
8
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Where did Jack arrive?
Page 12 — In the Museum of Natural History in New York City
12
What was missing from the dinosaur?
Page 14 — A toe, the hallux
14
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
What was Jack hoping to look at to find a clue to the missing bone?
Page 20 — Security tapes from the day before
20
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
How did the student steal the bone?
Page 24 — He used a thin hook and yanked the bone off
24
What school was the student from?
Page 27 — East Side Grammar School
27
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Who did Jack contact to find out who the student was?
Page 29 — The principal
29
What did she tell Jack about the student?
Page 32 — That he was one of the finest science students at the school and had great science fair projects
32
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Where did Jack find Thomas?
Page 38 — At home
38
How did Thomas’ mom feel about him stealing the bone?
Page 44 — Upset
44
What was Thomas’ science project?
Page 48 — Bringing to life a real live allosaurus
48
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
Where did Jack and the Eberly’s hide from the dinosaur?
Page 49 — Under the kitchen table
49
Why didn’t the dinosaur smell them?
Page 50 — Jack sprayed his neutralizing spray on them
50
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
How did Thomas make the allosaurus?
Page 53 — He used some DNA from the toe bone, mixed it with a quickening solution, then gave it to his dog Freddie
53
What did Thomas create to help change Freddie back into a dog?
Page 54 — A reversal serum
54
Why did Jack let Thomas come with him to hunt down the dinosaur?
Page 56 — He knew New York City, he knew a lot about the allosaurus, and he had a relationship with his dog
56
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
How did Jack distract the dinosaur from eating the man?
Page 62 — He projected a camptosaurus on the wall near the dinosaur
62
Who was the dinosaur’s target at the end of this chapter?
Page 64 — Jack
64
Chapter 11
Comprehension questions
How did Jack prevent the dinosaur from eating him?
Page 67 — He put the expandable goo in its mouth
67
What advice did Jack remember from his brother?
Page 70 — A secret agent always clears his mind first, and then thinks of a plan
70
Chapter 12
Comprehension questions
How did Jack save the people in line at the Empire State Building?
Page 74 — He put dog biscuit powder into his spray gun and shot it in the air, the people ran into another building
74
Chapter 13
Comprehension questions
What did the boys use to catch up with the dinosaur as it raced to Times Square?
Page 77 — The Flyboard
77
What did Jack shoot into the air with his Warning Gun?
Page 79 — The letters: Danger Get Indoors
79
Why did Freddie head for Central Park?
Page 82 — There were animals in the zoo
82
Chapter 14
Comprehension questions
Why couldn’t Jack use the Flyboard anymore?
Page 86 — It was almost out of hydrogen
86
How did Jack convince the taxi driver to take them to the allosaurus?
Page 87 — Jack told him he’d be a hero
87
Chapter 15
Comprehension questions
What was Jack’s dilemma in this chapter?
Page 91 — He couldn’t see the dinosaur and knew that he would fail if it wasn’t coming to the zoo
91
Chapter 16
Comprehension questions
How did Jack get the serum into the dinosaur’s mouth?
Page 94 — He used a canister to wedge it’s mouth open, and used a sling to catapult the vial into his mouth
94
Describe Freddie’s transformation back into a dog?
Page 95 — A violent wind came and swirled around the allosaurus and turned it to dust, then another wind came and carried the dust away
95
Chapter 17
Comprehension questions
What did Thomas confess to Lewis?
Page 100 — That he was sorry and shouldn’t have taken the bone
100
What does it mean to make amends?
Page 101 — To try and set something right
101
Why did Lewis smile when Thomas said he was scared of heights?
Page 101 — Thomas would have a consequence that would put him out of his comfort zone
101
Chapter 18
Comprehension questions
What did Jack wear to bed that night?
Page 104 — Dinosaur pajamas
104
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