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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. How long is the journey to see Sea Vitch?

2. When do the elephant hunters get paid their wages?

3. What is the purpose of the elephant dance?

4. Why is Kotick seeking out Sea Vitch and Sea Cow?

5. What is the name of Sea Catch's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Little Toomai able to see the dance and not the adults?

2. Describe how the family reacts to snakes.

3. What does it mean that Rikki saves Teddy from the first snake before his father can?

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

5. How do the lives of the native elephant workers differ from those British men in Chapter Six?

6. How does Little Toomai prepare for the possibility of an elephant dance?

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

8. Why do you think the mother is at first alarmed when she sees Rikki snuggling up to Teddy?

9. Describe Petersen's character.

10. How does the theme of the importance of animals show up when Rikki overhears Nag and his wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Teddy the only human named in Chapter five? Why does Kipling do this? How does this continue other themes of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Describe what you know about British India during the era Kipling writes The Jungle Book. Be sure to explain what you learn with different examples of symbolism and themes.

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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