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dinosaurs before sunset

by maría papa osborne

grades 2-5; genre – historical fiction with fantastic elements; grl m; ar points: 1.0

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jack and annie find a magical tree house that takes them to the place and time of the dinosaurs. They encounter different types of dinosaurs, including a tyrannosaurus rex, and find a gold medallion with the letter m engraved on it.

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chapter 1

  1. why did jack get frustrated with annie? he likes real things and she likes to pretend p. 1
  2. what did annie find in the tree when she ran into the woods? tree house with rope ladder p. 3
  3. what was in the tree house? books p. 5
  4. why was jack excited about the books in the tree house? he loves books p. 5

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chapter 2

  1. what did the pennsylvania book have a picture of? frog creek and the forest jack and annie were on p. 8
  2. In which book did Jack find a pteranodon? dinosaur book p. 8
  3. What appeared in the tree house window when Jack wished he could see a pteranodon? a real live pteranodon p. 9
  4. what happened to the tree house after jack said these words? the wind started to blow and turned faster and faster p. 12

chapter 3

  1. how did jack know where they had landed? read it in the book p. 15
  2. why was it so hard for jack to believe that they had landed in a time 65 million years ago? it’s impossible, it doesn’t seem real p. 17
  3. did annie have a hard time believing it? no page 17
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chapter 4

  1. How did the pteranodon feel when the children touched it? soft, like a dog p. 19
  2. why did jack take notes like a scientist? first people to see a pteranodon, he liked to investigate p. 19
  3. why did annie talk to henry? she thought he understood her p. 22

chapter 5

  1. what finally convinced jack that they were back in time? watching the dinosaur p. 25
  2. what kind of dinosaur did you see? triceratops p. 25
  3. what did the triceratops do when annie fell in front of the dinosaur? she looked at her calmly and then ran away p. 29
  4. what did jack find in the grass? a gold locket with the letter m on it p. 32

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chapter 6

  1. how did the anthosaurus respond when annie climbed into a nest of babies? she honked at him and waved her arms p. 36
  2. how did annie escape from the dinosaur? she crawled, crouched down and pretended to chew p. 37
  3. why was that anthosaurus the only mom with all the babies? the other moms were looking for food p. 39
  4. Why did the Antosaurus stop eating flowers and run towards the babies? t-rex was coming p. 42

chapter 7

  1. where did jack and annie run to hide from tyrannosaurus rex? tree house p. 43
  2. what did jack leave on the hill and do you want to go back to get it? his backpack and the dinosaur book p. 45
  3. why do you think all the antosaurus returned to their nests? the fear of the t-rex, the squawk of the anthosaurus that scared annie, p. 45
  4. what was blocking jack when he tried to go back to the tree house? tyrannosaurus rex p. 46
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chapter 8

  1. what did jack decide to do when he realized he couldn’t outrun the tyrannosaurus rex? wait for him to go p. 49
  2. what did annie do to help his brother? tell the pteranodon to come get it p. 52
  3. what did tyrannosaurus rex do when he heard jack yelling at annie? come after jack p. 52

chapter 9

  1. how did the pteranodon save jack? she flew him away from the t-rex p. 55
  2. what did jack feel as he rode on the pteranodon’s back? it was a miracle, he laughed, happy, shouted p. 56
  3. why did jack need to rush to the tree house when he landed? the t-rex ran towards him p. 58
  4. why did jack need to find the pennsylvania book? he would get them out of there and take them to frog creek p. 60

chapter 10

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  1. who was calling jack and annie when they got home? her mother p. 61
  2. How long was it in the real world from the time Jack and Annie left on their adventure to the time they returned? none p. 61
  3. Why didn’t the children think they could tell someone about the treehouse or their adventure? nobody would believe them p. 67
  4. What did Jack get from the affair that helped him know his affair was real? the medallion p. 68

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