Movie: Never Cry Wolf

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Movie: Never Cry Wolf Study Guide

1. What animal is being studied in “The Lupine Project”?

2. Where does the study take place?

3. Why were they dumping supplies out of the airplane? Do you think this was a smart thing to do? Why?

4. As the plane is flying through the mountains, do you think the mountains are young or old? Why?

5. What is the question Tyler asks the pilot as he is leaving? What is the response of the pilot?

6. What is the first thing YOU would do if left alone in Tyler’s position?

7. Why does Tyler stop typing as he is describing the people who planned the project?

8. Why do you think the man on the sled made Tyler run behind him?

9. What does Tyler find next to him when he wakes up from his dream? 2

10. What is “Scat”? What could Tyler figure out from the wolf scat?

11. Initially, is Tyler able to follow “The Rules of the Game”?

12. What does the wolf do to Tyler’s box when it comes into camp?

13. How does Tyler respond to this behavior? What are both Tyler and the wolf trying to accomplish?

14. What does Tyler name the wolf?

15. What is the difference between the two wolves Tyler sees? What does Tyler name the second wolf?

16. What has infested Tyler’s tent?

17. How does Tyler react to this situation?

18. What does Taylor make for dinner that night?

19. What is the purpose of Tyler’s new diet? What is he trying to prove? 3

20. What is the name of the young brown wolf?

21. What is the function of the gas mask for Tyler?

22. What makes the wolves howl?

23. How does Mike (Utek’s friend) use the wolf?

24. Where did Utek and Tyler go?

25. What does Tyler figure out about the Caribou populations?

26. When Tyler returns to camp, whom does he find there?

27. What happens to Rosie that makes Tyler smile?

28. What does Tyler find when he crawls down into the wolf den?

29. What does Mike have that he did not have before when Tyler finds him at the old camp?

30. Did Mike do the right thing by acquiring his new possessions? Why? 4

Quiz: Never Cry Wolf

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1. Describe the habitat where the Lupine Project takes place.

2. Describe a possible food chain present in the movie. In your example, give an example and identify each producer and consumer.

3. Describe some challenging characteristics of the environment where the study takes place. Give at least ONE (1) example of how one of the organisms adapt to their harsh environment.

4. What do you think was Tyler’s most valuable resource he brought with him on the study? Why?

5. Someone looking at Tyler who does not know his story might think that he is not mentally stable. Do you think that Tyler went “crazy” out there in the field? Why or why not? Support your stance on Tyler’s mental status.