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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Cold Lairs in the past?

2. When Shere Khan comes back, who is he hunting with?

3. Who does Mowgli say a special goodbye to before leaving?

4. Why do the human villagers decide to send Mowgli to a specific place to work in Chapter Three?

5. Where does Mowgli want to try to trap Shere Khan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even though they are his friends, why do Baloo and Bagheera slap and hit Mowgli?

2. What do you think Kaa's hypnotizing near the end of Chapter Two means?

3. When the cattle go crazy in Chapter Three, what is Mowgli trying to do and what happens as a result?

4. In what ways is Mowgli's behavior that of a young boy in Chapter Two?

5. What is the final reason Mowgli is cast out of the village?

6. Why do you think Kaa turns against the others at the end of Chapter Two?

7. How does the mother wolf approach the situation with the man-cub?

8. What does it tell you about Mowgli's character in the way that he treats others at the end of Chapter One?

9. In what ways are Baloo and Bagheera good friends to Mowgli?

10. How does Mowgli use his difference from the wolf pack as a strength against the wolf pack in Chapter One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the monkey people and Kaa. How are they the same? How are they different?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the wolf pack's mistrust of Mowgli and the loyalty of Mowgli's friends, Baloo and Bagheera.

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is used by Kipling throughout The Jungle Book. Give three examples of foreshadowing and how it is used to tell events yet to come.

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