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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 is Chapter Five named after?
(a) A cobra.
(b) A bird.
(c) A mongoose.
(d) A seal.
2. Who kills Nag?
(a) Teddy's mother.
(b) Teddy's father.
(c) Rikki.
(d) Chuchundra.
3. Why is Kotick seeking out Sea Vitch and Sea Cow?
(a) They are his relatives.
(b) He wants their advice for finding a mate.
(c) He wants to find a safer place to live.
(d) They are good hunters.
4. Who is the first character Kotick sees after he finds the new country and arrives back at Novastoshnah?
(a) The little girl seal.
(b) Kerick Botterin and his son, Patalamon.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.
5. Who takes Little Toomai into the jungle for the elephant dance?
(a) Pudmini.
(b) Petersen.
(c) Kala Nag.
(d) Big Toomai.
Short Answer Questions
1. Little Toomai goes to the elephant dance, even though he is supposed to be watching who?
2. Sea Catch has scars on what part of his body?
3. How does Little Toomai prepare for a possible elephant dance?
4. Who is apprehensive about the elephant dance?
5. What does the White Seal do in the folktale that the old seals speak of?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain why is Darzee singing a mournful song at the end of Chapter Five?
2. Why is Little Toomai able to see the dance and not the adults?
3. Describe the Sea Vitch's appearance.
4. Explain the differences between Little Toomai and Big Toomai.
5. How does the theme of the importance of animals show up when Rikki overhears Nag and his wife?
6. Describe the relationship between Nag and Nagaina. Who is more practical and how?
7. Explain the purpose of the elephant dance.
8. How is Kipling's theme of animals being more innocent than humans resurface in Chapter Four?
9. Why do you think the mother is at first alarmed when she sees Rikki snuggling up to Teddy?
10. Describe Petersen's character.
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