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

2. Who praises Rikki for saving Teddy?
(a) Teddy's father.
(b) Teddy's mother.
(c) Nagaina.
(d) Darzee.

3. When the seal hunters first see Kotick, what do they think?
(a) He looks are laughable.
(b) That his coat is perfect for their collection.
(c) That he is a ghost.
(d) He isn't scary.

4. How does Chapter Six end?
(a) Petersen seeing the elephant dance.
(b) The scolding of the boy.
(c) The death of Kala Nag.
(d) With the elephants giving the boy a full trumpet salute.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Nag killed?

2. How many seals come with Kotick at the end of Chapter Four?

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

4. Why is Kotick seeking out Sea Vitch and Sea Cow?

5. Who teaches Kotick the ways of the sea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the lives of the native elephant workers differ from those British men in Chapter Six?

3. Why is Little Toomai able to see the dance and not the adults?

4. Describe how Kotick's white coat works to his advantage.

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

6. Describe how Rikki feels about the father and mother.

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

8. Explain the differences between Little Toomai and Big Toomai.

9. Explain the purpose of the elephant dance.

10. In what ways are Kotick's mom and the girl seal impressed with him at the end of the Chapter Four?

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