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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. Kotick is disturbed by the sight of what at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) The clubbing and skinning of his friends.
(b) The girl seals.
(c) Halibut.
(d) Other seal families arriving at Novastoshnah for the summer.

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

3. What is a holluschickie?
(a) A bachelorette seal.
(b) A bachelor seal.
(c) A father seal.
(d) A mother seal.

4. How many miles does Kotick travel in one day looking for the Sea Cow?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 300.
(c) 30.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches Kotick the ways of the sea?

2. Who finds Rikki-Tikki-Tavi at the beginning of Chapter Five?

3. Little Toomai goes to the elephant dance, even though he is supposed to be watching who?

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

5. How does Chapter Six end?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the other seals view Kotick in the beginning of Chapter Four and how does that change in the end of Chapter Four?

2. Explain the purpose of the elephant dance.

3. Explain why is Darzee singing a mournful song at the end of Chapter Five?

4. Describe the relationship between Nag and Nagaina. Who is more practical and how?

5. How does Little Toomai prepare for the possibility of an elephant dance?

6. Why do you think Little Toomai is surprised to see Petersen's elephant at the dance?

7. Describe how the family reacts to snakes.

8. What does it mean that Rikki saves Teddy from the first snake before his father can?

9. How does the theme of the importance of animals show up when Rikki overhears Nag and his wife?

10. In what ways is Kotick more mature than the other seals his age?

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