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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. Who is Chil the kite?

2. When does Mowgli leave the jungle?

3. Where is the man-cub found?

4. Where is Mowgli going after leaving the jungle?

5. Who tells Mowgli that the pack turns against him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Mowgli's appearance when he first meets the wolf family and their impression of him.

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

5. How does the dare with the villagers in Chapter Three ultimately help Mowgli?

6. Why must Baloo and Bagheera team up with Kaa?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the wives and husbands (animal and human) in Chapter five. How are animals wives portrayed, compared to their husbands? How is the human wife portrayed, compared to her husband? What is Kipling saying with this?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the native elephant drivers and hunters to Petersen and the other British men.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the relationship between Rikki and the snakes in Chapter five. Be sure to give specific examples of how they help or hurt each other. Do you think they have this relationship is the family never takes Rikki in?

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