Rikki Tikki Tavi Analysis

Rikki emerges from the hole and announces that Nagaina is dead.  In what part of the plot does this event take place?

• during the rising action
• during the falling action 
• during the exposition
• during the climax

In “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” a flood takes Rikki-tikki from his home to the care of  an English family. In what part of the plot does the flood take place?

• during the resolution
• during the rising action 
• during the exposition
• during the climax

After Rikki-tikki kills Karait, how does he feel?

• confident
• annoyed
• jealous
• defeated

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

After Teddy's father beats the dead Karait, Rikki-tikki thinks, "What is the use of that? … I have settled it all.…" This thought shows that Rikki-tikki feels...

• A.proud.
• B.annoyed
• C.jealous
• D.defeated

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the following quotation from "Rikki-tikki-tavi." Then, based on the quotation and your prior knowledge, choose the most likely outcome from the choices below. 
"No," said his mother; "let's take him in and dry him. Perhaps he isn't really dead." 

• A.Rikki-tikki will soon die.
• B.Rikki-tikki will survive.
• C.Rikki-tikki will survive and attack the boy's mother.
• D.The mother will become Rikki-tikki's only friend.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The climax of "Rikki-tikki-tavi" occurs when

• A.Rikki-tikki saves Teddy from Karait's attack.
• Rikki-tikki fights with Nag.
• C.Rikki-tikki fights with Nagaina and follows her into her hole.
• D.Rikki-tikki makes sure another cobra never enters the garden

Which of the following events occurs during the resolution of "Rikki-tikki-tavi"?

• Darzee's wife fools Nagaina
• B.Rikki-tikki cracks all of Nagaina's eggs except one
• C.The birds and the frogs announce Rikki-tikki's victory.
• .D.Rikki-tikki makes sure that a cobra never again enters the garden.

In what style is this story written?

• Essay
• Short Story
• Play
• Poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What prediction can you make based on your prior knowledge and this quotation from "Rikki-tikki-tavi"? 
"Teddy's safer with that little beast than if he had a bloodhound to watch him. If a snake came into the nursery now—" 
.

• A.The snakes are not a threat to Teddy
• .B.Rikki-tikki will fail to protect Teddy from a snake attack.
• C.Rikki-tikki will protect Teddy from a snake attack.
• D.Rikki-tikki will attack Teddy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which characteristics most help Rikki-tikki defeat the snakes?

• A.his fear and his hatred
• B. his stubbornness
• C.his anger and his strength
• D.his cleverness and his courage