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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 the first character Kotick sees after he finds the new country and arrives back at Novastoshnah?
2. How is Nag killed?
3. How big is the cobra?
4. Who is Chuchundra?
5. Who chases Nag and Nagaina away from the birds?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does it mean that Rikki saves Teddy from the first snake before his father can?
2. How do the other seals view Kotick in the beginning of Chapter Four and how does that change in the end of Chapter Four?
3. Describe the character of Kala Nag.
4. In what ways is Kotick more mature than the other seals his age?
5. Why do you think Little Toomai is surprised to see Petersen's elephant at the dance?
6. Why do you think the mother is at first alarmed when she sees Rikki snuggling up to Teddy?
7. How is the danger of the cobras foreshadowed early on in Chapter Five?
8. How do the lives of the native elephant workers differ from those British men in Chapter Six?
9. How is Kipling's theme of animals being more innocent than humans resurface in Chapter Four?
10. What do you think Sea Catch's scars from fighting for his land for his children represent?
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 Mowgli as the protagonist of the stories. Define protagonist, and compare/contrast his character with the antagonist, Shere Khan. Their conflict is at the center of the story, but what makes the reader sympathetic to Mowgli?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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