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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big is the cobra?
(a) Five pounds.
(b) Fifteen feet long.
(c) Five feet long.
(d) Fifty-five feet long.

2. Who is Sea Vitch?
(a) A sea cow.
(b) A walrus.
(c) His father's relative.
(d) A dolphin king.

3. How long is the journey to see Sea Vitch?
(a) Six miles.
(b) One mile.
(c) Sixty-six miles.
(d) Three miles.

4. Who does Kala Nag especially look out for?
(a) Little Toomai.
(b) Big Toomai.
(c) Petersen.
(d) Pudmini.

5. How many seals come with Kotick at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Only his family.
(b) Threats.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Only the little girl seal.

6. What is the name of the big black cobra that is responsible for the tailorbirds distress?
(a) Nagaina.
(b) Nag.
(c) Chuchundra.
(d) Tag.

7. How many seals spend their time at Novastoshnah in the summer?
(a) Between 40,000 and 50,000.
(b) Between 4,000 and 5,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) About 15,000.

8. What is the name of Sea Catch's wife?
(a) Novastoshnah.
(b) Kerick.
(c) Kotick.
(d) Matkah.

9. How does Rikki-Tikki-Tavi end up in Segowlee?
(a) A flood forces him out of his home.
(b) He is cast out by his family.
(c) Someone kidnaps him.
(d) A cobra scares him away.

10. What color is Karait?
(a) Orange.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Dusty brown.

11. Sea Catch has scars on what part of his body?
(a) From his nose to his tail fin.
(b) Just around his fin.
(c) On his belly.
(d) Just around his tail.

12. Who is charmed by Little Toomai?
(a) Kala Nag.
(b) Keddah.
(c) Big Toomai.
(d) Petersen.

13. When does Sea Catch comes to Novastoshnah?
(a) Every fall.
(b) Every winter.
(c) Every summer.
(d) In the spring.

14. Who fears Rikki is dead?
(a) Only Teddy.
(b) Just the family.
(c) Just Darzee.
(d) Darzee and the family.

15. Who suggests Kotick talk to Sea Vitch?
(a) Sea Catch.
(b) A fellow seal.
(c) A dolphin.
(d) The old sea lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Little Toomai does not want to go home while waiting for the elephant dance, even though he is what?

2. What kind of animal is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi similar to?

3. What does the White Seal do in the folktale that the old seals speak of?

4. Who overhears the plot to kill Teddy's family?

5. Why is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi allowed to snuggle with the little boy in his new home?

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