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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doesn't Kotick know about the Sea Cow?
(a) They aren't alive anymore.
(b) They can't talk.
(c) They can't see.
(d) They can't swim.

2. What does the White Seal do in the folktale that the old seals speak of?
(a) Be the strongest hunter.
(b) Have many babies.
(c) Kill the hunters.
(d) Save the seals.

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

4. How long does the elephant performance last?
(a) Two days.
(b) The entire night.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Two minutes.

5. What kind of animal is Kala Nag?
(a) A seal.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A snake.
(d) A bird.

6. How many eggs does Rikki find in the melon patch?
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Fifteen.

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

8. Who is the head of all the elephant operations?
(a) Kaa.
(b) Petersen.
(c) Big Toomai.
(d) Pudmini.

9. Why are the birds upset when Rikki-Tikki-Tavi meets them?
(a) They don't know what happens to their baby.
(b) They are afraid of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
(c) Their baby is gone.
(d) Their baby is crying.

10. What or who is Keddah?
(a) The lead elephant.
(b) The wild elephant pen.
(c) A snake.
(d) The lead elephant hunter.

11. Where does Nagaina hide her eggs?
(a) The flower garden.
(b) In the tree.
(c) In the grass.
(d) The melon patch.

12. Who takes Little Toomai into the jungle for the elephant dance?
(a) Big Toomai.
(b) Kala Nag.
(c) Petersen.
(d) Pudmini.

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

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

15. What kind of elephants participate in the dance?
(a) Just girl elephants.
(b) Just male elephants.
(c) Every kind of elephant.
(d) Just baby elephants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sea Catch's wife?

2. If the elephants do dance, what are they celebrating?

3. How many seals spend their time at Novastoshnah in the summer?

4. What does Rikki-Tikki-Tavi think of being a house mongoose?

5. Who is plotting to kill Teddy's family?

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