View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Kala Nag?

2. Who is Sea Vitch?

3. How does Kotick get other seals to come to the new summer vacation place that he finds?

4. How many seals spend their time at Novastoshnah in the summer?

5. Who are frequents visitors of the setting of Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Even though Kotick is doing something for the good of others when he is searching, how do the rest of the seals view him?

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

4. How do the other seals view Kotick in the beginning of Chapter Four and how does that change in the end of Chapter Four?

5. In what ways are Kotick's mom and the girl seal impressed with him at the end of the Chapter Four?

6. Why do you think Little Toomai is surprised to see Petersen's elephant at the dance?

7. Explain the differences between Little Toomai and Big Toomai.

8. Describe how the family reacts to snakes.

9. Explain the purpose of the elephant dance.

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

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

Describe the elephant dance and its meaning. When does it happen? Why? Who gets to see it and why?

Essay Topic 3

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 731 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample