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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What things does Mowgli have to learn about in the village in Chapter Three?

2. Who does the woman villager think goes missing of hers long ago?

3. When Shere Khan comes back, who is he hunting with?

4. When he is taken, how does Mowgli feel?

5. What is the main reason Mowgli decides try to leave the Cold Lairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mowgli's appearance when he first meets the wolf family and their impression of him.

2. In what ways do the monkey people seem like a good time to Mowgli?

3. Describe how Mowgli is appalled by the villagers.

4. How is the wolf pack easily influenced?

5. How does Mowgli use his difference from the wolf pack as a strength against the wolf pack in Chapter One?

6. Explain the Law of the Jungle.

7. What does it tell you about Mowgli's character in the way that he treats others at the end of Chapter One?

8. When the cattle go crazy in Chapter Three, what is Mowgli trying to do and what happens as a result?

9. How does Mowgli's ignorance of religion hurt his chances with the villagers?

10. How does the mother wolf approach the situation with the man-cub?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mowgli as the protagonist of the stories. Define protagonist, and compare/contrast his character with the antagonist, Shere Khan. Their conflict is at the center of the story, but what makes the reader sympathetic to Mowgli?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the theme of friendship and what it means, focusing on Chapter two. Give examples of its value to Mowgli.

Essay Topic 3

Why is Teddy the only human named in Chapter five? Why does Kipling do this? How does this continue other themes of the book?

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