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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years pass before we see Mowgli again after the first Pack Council meeting?
(a) Twenty one.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

2. Who is pleased with Mowgli and his quick wit?
(a) Father and Mother Wolf.
(b) Just Baloo.
(c) Baloo and Bagheera.
(d) Shere Khan.

3. Why is the jackal considered one of the lowest animals in the jungle?
(a) Because of the jackal's mangled look.
(b) A jackal has a distinct and unpleasant smell.
(c) Because the jackal is a scavenger, prone to what is known today as rabies.
(d) He always delivers bad news.

4. Why do jungle creatures have no respect for gray apes?
(a) Because of the way they look.
(b) Because they cannot talk.
(c) Because of their hunting techniques.
(d) Because monkeys have no laws, no order and they lie.

5. How does Bagheera help Mowgli?
(a) Helps him escape the pack council.
(b) He offers to trade the boy's life for a newly killed, fat bull.
(c) Simply tells the Pack Council to accept him.
(d) He scares away Shere Khan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Cold Lairs?

2. After he arrives at the human village for the first time, where does Mowgli insist on sleeping at bedtime?

3. Who are the Bandar-log?

4. Who tells Mowgli he is never forgotten?

5. In Chapter Three when Mowgli learns Shere Khan is coming back to kill him, who actually concerns Mowgli more than the tiger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of Mowgli caught in a trap at the end of Chapter Two?

2. Explain what Mowgli does not accomplish in Chapter Three if it isn't for his friends.

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

4. Deep down inside, what do you think Mowgli considers himself, a man or a wolf?

5. What do you think Kaa's hypnotizing near the end of Chapter Two means?

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

7. Is the jackal respected by the other jungle creatures? Why or why not?

8. In what ways is Mowgli's behavior that of a young boy in Chapter Two?

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

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

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