Rikki-tikki-tavi

According to this story, what two animals is a mongoose like?

• A tailorbird and a rabbit.
• A cat and a weasel.
• A rabbit and a weasel.
• A muskrat and a cat.

Which event directly leads up to Rikki-tikki's living in the house with Teddy and his parents?

• A snake attacks Teddy.
• Rikkis eats a banana on the veranda.
• A summer flood washes Rikki out of his burrow.
• Darzee tells Rikki about his lost baby.

Why is Rikki-tikki not afraid of fighting the snakes?

• He instinctively knows how to fight them.
• His mother taught him how to fight cobras.
• Many of his childhood friends were snakes.
• Darzee and his wife tell him how to fight.

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Why does Nag hide in the bathroom?

• He wants to surprise the mongoose by attacking him in the house.
• He is angry at his wife and wants to get away from her.
• He wants to kill Teddy's father when he comes to the bathroom in the morning.
• He is lost and wants to wait until daylight to find his way out of the house.

Which of the following events causes the war in this story?

• The cobras want to kill Rikki-tikki before he kills them.
• The cobras killed Darzee, and the other animals want revenge.
• The family decides to rid the garden of all the snakes.
• Nag and Nagaina fight with each other about their eggs.

The narrator makes the animal characters seem human by -

• telling how the animals have strong loyalties and conflicts.
• explaining that Rikki-tikki's eyes grow red when he is angry.
• explaining where the animals live in the garden.
• showing how Rikki-tikki lives in the bungalow.

If Teddy's father had not used his __________, Rikki-tikki might have __________.

• wits, laughed
• gun, been killed
• common sense, stayed inside
• stick given up

Why is it unwise for a mongoose to follow a cobra into a hole?

• A mongoose is frightened by dark places.
• The hole might open up or widen, allowing the cobra to turn and strike.
• The red ants that live in the hole might attack the mongoose.
• The earth in the hole is dark and moist.

Darzee's wife and Nagaina are similar because they both - 

• stay in their nests and care for their young.
• plot with their husbands to kill Rikki-tikki.
• take action when their husbands fail.
• worry about the presence of humans in the bungalow.

The birds and frogs in the garden rejoice at the end of the story because they are - 

• afraid that Rikki-tikki might be killed.
• overjoyed that the snakes are dead.
• trying to wake Rikki-tikki from his long nap.
• attempting to communicate with Teddy's mother and father.