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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Mowgli to know when Shere Khan returns?
(a) A signal from Gray Brother.
(b) Baloo tells him.
(c) A waving of a white flag.
(d) The sight of orange in the jungle.

2. What is Mowgli's knowledge of religion?
(a) He has none.
(b) The jungle creatures tell him about God.
(c) The villagers tell him he is Lutheran.
(d) He thinks he is Catholic.

3. Where is Mowgli going after leaving the jungle?
(a) Baloo's home.
(b) The village.
(c) To find a boat.
(d) A secret hiding spot.

4. What is the main reason Mowgli decides try to leave the Cold Lairs?
(a) The monkeys annoy him.
(b) He is hungry, and the monkeys are not bringing him food.
(c) He is scared of Kaa.
(d) He misses Baloo.

5. Why does the priest suggest the woman take Mowgli into her home?
(a) She has many children.
(b) She is the best cook.
(c) She is the nicest.
(d) She is the richest.

6. Who tells Mowgli that the pack turns against him?
(a) Bagheera.
(b) Baloo.
(c) Father Wolf.
(d) Mother Wolf.

7. Who do Baloo and Bagheera plead to help them find Mowgli?
(a) Father Wolf.
(b) Kaa.
(c) Chil.
(d) Mother Wolf.

8. What does Mowgli stand for?
(a) Little wolf.
(b) Boy cub.
(c) The lost one.
(d) Little frog.

9. In Chapter Three, what startles the villagers when they first see Mowgli, after he is turned out of the wolf pack and heads to the human village for the first time?
(a) His angry demeanor.
(b) His naked and scruffy appearance.
(c) The creatures with him.
(d) The arrow he is holding.

10. At the first meeting of the Pack Council, what does Baloo offer to do for Mowgli?
(a) Teach him the ways of the jungle.
(b) Show him the way home.
(c) Give him food.
(d) Get him some clothes.

11. Where is the man-cub found?
(a) Floating in a basket in the water.
(b) In a tree.
(c) Deep in the jungle.
(d) In a bush outside the cave.

12. When Mowgli overhears the men talking about the jungle creatures, what does he do?
(a) Begins to get sad at what he hears.
(b) Tells them he agrees with their theories.
(c) Is in awe of their stories.
(d) Laughs at the inaccuracies of their tales.

13. When Shere Khan comes back, who is he hunting with?
(a) Tabaqui.
(b) Gray Brother.
(c) Father Wolf.
(d) Bagheera.

14. Why does a python go into hiding?
(a) To nest.
(b) To get away from hot jungle weather.
(c) To hibernate, like a bear.
(d) To change his skin.

15. Who says the fact that Shere Khan just eats is an advantage when Mowgli is planning to trap him?
(a) Bagheera.
(b) Mowgli.
(c) Kaa.
(d) Gray Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Cold Lairs in the past?

2. When Baloo punishes Mowgli, what do other characters do that is nice to Mowgli?

3. Who makes fun of Mowgli in the village?

4. What does Red Flower refer to?

5. At the beginning of Chapter Three, the villagers stare at Mowgli's_______.

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