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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Little Toomai does not want to go home while waiting for the elephant dance, even though he is what?
(a) Cold.
(b) Hungry.
(c) Tired.
(d) Hot.

2. Who chases Nag and Nagaina away from the birds?
(a) Bagheera.
(b) Teddy.
(c) Rikki.
(d) Chuchundra.

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

4. Who is the first character Kotick sees after he finds the new country and arrives back at Novastoshnah?
(a) The little girl seal.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kerick Botterin and his son, Patalamon.

5. If the elephants do dance, what are they celebrating?
(a) Birthdays.
(b) The end of the elephant hunting season.
(c) Dinner.
(d) The birth of a baby elephant.

6. How does Little Toomai prepare for a possible elephant dance?
(a) Does not give Kala Nag dinner.
(b) Beats a fast rhythm on a small drum.
(c) Leaves elephants chained up.
(d) Goes to bed early.

7. Little Toomai goes to the elephant dance, even though he is supposed to be watching who?
(a) Mowgli.
(b) Petersen.
(c) Kala Nag.
(d) Pudmini.

8. In the jungle, huge clearings are called what?
(a) Elephant ballrooms.
(b) Deserted ballrooms.
(c) The ballrooms of snakes.
(d) The never ballroom.

9. What is the purpose of the elephant dance?
(a) Attracting more elephants to the herd.
(b) Keeping hunters away.
(c) Mating.
(d) It makes the clearing larger.

10. Who is Chuchundra?
(a) Another mongoose.
(b) Another snake.
(c) Another tailorbird.
(d) A muskrat.

11. What does Rikki-Tikki-Tavi think of being a house mongoose?
(a) He loves it.
(b) He doesn't care about it either way.
(c) It makes him sad.
(d) He hates it.

12. When does Petersen mean when he tells Little Toomai "When you have seen the elephants dance"?
(a) Someday soon.
(b) Every morning at dawn.
(c) Every night at dusk.
(d) Never.

13. Who overhears the plot to kill Teddy's family?
(a) Nag and Nagaina.
(b) Rikki.
(c) The tailorbirds.
(d) Chuchundra.

14. When do the elephant hunters get paid their wages?
(a) Only if their elephant is a good one.
(b) At the end of the working season.
(c) At the beginning of the season.
(d) After they get each elephant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the elephant performance last?

2. At what setting does Chapter Four start?

3. Who is Sea Catch?

4. When does Sea Catch comes to Novastoshnah?

5. Who is Darzee?

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