The Jungle Book

Mowgli

• a little boy who is adopted by a wolf pack and raised in the jungle.

• the black panther lives in the jungle, and he protects his human friend Mowgli

• a bear who lives in the jungle and teaches the wolf cubs the languages of all the animals

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Akela

• a male wolf in the Free People pack.

• a lame tiger who eats people.

• adopted by a wolf pack and raised in the jungle

• old gray wolf, is the leader of the Free People pack.

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Kaa

• the porcupine is one of the Jungle People who Baloo and Bagheera refer to in conversations.

• rock python can be helpful but is feared by everyone because he can hypnotize nearly any animal,

• lawless animals who always think they're going to do something great but never do, and they throw filth at other animals on the jungle floor.

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Female Wolf

• a female wolf in the Free People pack who chose to adopt Mowgli rather than allow Shere Khan to kill him.

• lawless animals who always think they're going to do something great but never do, and they throw filth at other animals on the jungle floor.

• lives 20 miles away from Mowgli's pack, takes Mowgli into the village.

• a young, brave, house mongoose.

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Tabaqui

• a bear who lives in the jungle and teaches the wolf cubs the languages of all the animals

• a lame tiger who eats people

• a jackal who antagonizes the Free People wolf pack.

• a male wolf in the Free People pack.

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Bagheera

• black panther lives in the jungle, and he protects his human friend Mowgli.

• a bear who lives in the jungle and teaches the wolf cubs the languages of all the animals.

• a lame tiger who eats people

• he leader of Afghanistan and is astonished by the Indian and English ability to organize humans and animals during a parade

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Baloo

• a little boy who is adopted by a wolf pack and raised in the jungle.

• a bear who lives in the jungle and teaches the wolf cubs the languages of all the animals.

• a young boy who lives in a government elephant camp.

• a seal hunter who won't go near Kotick because he sees the seal's all-white fur as an unlucky sign.

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Who is the author of the book?

• Jane Austen
• Rudyard Kipling
• Jules Vernes
• Herman Melville

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Read the sentence from ​The Jungle Book​. “I have no gift of words, but I speak the truth.” What does Baloo mean when he says, “I have no gift of words”?

• He feels his words are worthless.

• He does not have a present for the man’s cub.

• He does not express his thoughts beautifully

• He fears the others will not understand him.

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What do Baloo and Bagheera have in common?

• They both offer to teach the man’s cub as he grows up.

• They both think the man’s cub should be accepted into the pack.

• They both offer a bull in return for allowing the man’s cub into the pack

• They both believe the man’s cub will be useful to the pack someday.

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