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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 many eggs does Rikki leave the melon patch with?

2. When the elephants dance, it is what?

3. Who is Sea Vitch?

4. When the seal hunters first see Kotick, what do they think?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why is Darzee singing a mournful song at the end of Chapter Five?

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

3. Describe how Kotick's white coat works to his advantage.

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

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

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

7. Describe the relationship between Nag and Nagaina. Who is more practical and how?

8. Explain the purpose of the elephant dance.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Shere Khan as an antagonist.

Essay Topic 2

Who is the antagonist in The White Seal? In what ways?

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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