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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. Who finds Rikki-Tikki-Tavi at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) A boy named Teddy.
(b) A human father.
(c) A cobra.
(d) A tiger.

2. What does the name Kala Nag mean?
(a) Driver.
(b) Black snake.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Old.

3. When does Petersen mean when he tells Little Toomai "When you have seen the elephants dance"?
(a) Someday soon.
(b) Every morning at dawn.
(c) Never.
(d) Every night at dusk.

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

5. Who is plotting to kill Teddy's family?
(a) Nag and Nagaina.
(b) The tailorbirds.
(c) Rikki.
(d) Chuchundra.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first character Kotick sees after he finds the new country and arrives back at Novastoshnah?

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

4. Who chases Nag and Nagaina away from the birds?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the purpose of the elephant dance.

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

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

5. Describe Petersen's character.

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

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

8. How is Kipling's theme of animals being more innocent than humans resurface in Chapter Four?

9. Describe how the family reacts to snakes.

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

(see the answer keys)

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