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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 kind of animal is Bagheera?

2. Where is Kaa lounging, admiring his new skin?

3. What is the first things the man-cub does in the cave?

4. Where is Mowgli going after leaving the jungle?

5. What is the Cold Lairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the role of Chil the Kite and Mang the Bat in Chapter Two? What does this mean?

2. How is the wolf pack easily influenced?

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

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

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

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

7. Explain the Law of the Jungle.

8. In what ways do the monkey people seem like a good time to Mowgli?

9. How does Mowgli stand up for himself when the pack turns against him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Mowgli's life in the village compared to life in the jungle.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the racism in Chapter seven to references or themes in the rest of the book. What is different about this chapter? Be sure to give specific examples.

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