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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. When the elephants dance, it is what?
(a) Dark.
(b) Raining lightly.
(c) Light.
(d) Raining hard.

2. Why does Rikki tell Darzee to pretend he is injured?
(a) To fool Teddy's father.
(b) To fool his wife.
(c) To lure Nagaina.
(d) To scare Chuchundra.

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

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

5. 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) Save the seals.
(d) Kill the hunters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the elephant performance last?

2. Who fears Rikki is dead?

3. Who is apprehensive about the elephant dance?

4. Who takes Little Toomai into the jungle for the elephant dance?

5. At what setting does Chapter Four start?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Kala Nag.

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

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

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

5. Describe the Sea Vitch's appearance.

6. Describe how the family reacts to snakes.

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

8. How is the danger of the cobras foreshadowed early on in Chapter Five?

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

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

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