After Rikki-tikki kills Nag, you can predict that

Nagaina will try to get revenge.

Nagaina will leave the family alone.

The family will give Rikki-tikki a gift.

Darzee's babies will finally be safe.

Which of the following does Rikki-tikki know is a mongoose's business in life.

To keep a house safe for a family

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.

What is an example of a conflict in "Rikki Tikki Tavi"

The snakes are trying to kill the family

What is the resolution of the story?

The animals treat Rikki as a hero

Rikki follows Nagaina into her hole

A flood washes Rikki away from his home

Which detail does Rudyard Kipling include that helps create suspense?

A. Nag and Nagaina have a nest of eggs that will hatch very soon.

B. Chuchundra the muskrat is afraid to run into the middle of a room.

C. Nag ate an egg that fell out of Darzee and his wife’s nest.

D. Teddy’s father believes that Rikki-tikki would never harm Teddy.

Father wanted Rikki to stay with them in the house because...

the mongoose will protect Teddy from snakes

Teddy will protect the mongoose from snakes

The birds were sad. Rikki Tikki asked the birds "what's the matter?" They answered...

Our baby bird fell out of the nest and Nag ate him

Our baby bird fell out of the next and Nagaina ate him

Our baby bird fell out of the nest and Nag helped him

Mrs. Hamilton spilled her coffee!!

Rikki Tikki went to the bathroom and heard Nag and Nagaina whispering. What did the snakes say?

If we kill the people in the house, the mongoose will be away.

If we kill the snakes in the house, the people will go away

If we kill the people in the house, the snakes will go away

Why did Rikki Tikki Tavi have to get rid of Nagaina's eggs?

So there won't be baby cobras around to bite people.

So there won't be baby birds around to bite people.

So there won't be eggs around to eat.

Where are Nagaina's eggs?

Where the melons grow in the garden

Where the apples grow in the garden

Where the flowers grow in the garden

Rikki Tikki Tavi was proud of himself because

He guarded Teddy's house and garden from all cobras

he guarded Nag's house and garden from all the cobras

he guarded Teddy's house from all the mongooses

He guarded Darzee's house from all the muskrats

Rikki-tikki hunts down Nagaina mainly because

he will not be satisfied until every cobra in the garden has been killed.

he wants to prove himself to the family because the family has been good to him.

Why did Rikki kill Karait?

Karait was going to hurt Teddy.

How does Darzee's wife distract Nagaina so Rikki could destroy the cobra eggs?

She pretends her wing is broken

She swoops down and attacks Nagaina

She pretends she's helping a fallen fledgling

She takes one of Nagaina's eggs

All of the following are reasons why the cobras want to kill the humans, EXCEPT

so they can take over the house

so they can be king and queen of the garden

so they can have a safe hatching ground for their babies

so Rikki Tikki will leave the garden forever

Rikki kills the cobras

to protect Teddy and his family

What is the best summary of Rikki Tikki Tavi?

A mongoose is accepted into the house of a family living in India. Snakes are trying to kill the family. With the help of some birds, the mongoose defends the family by killing the snakes and destroying their eggs.

A snake is trying to find a place to hatch her eggs. A mongoose lives nearby. The snake tries to kill the family so the mongoose will leave. Eventually, the mongoose and the family move into a new house.

A boy gets a mongoose as a pet. The mongoose is aggressive and hurts the boy. Two snakes come along and tempt the mongoose away from the bungalow. The snakes are able to kill the boy because the mongoose was not there.

A mongoose is found by a family. Snakes are trying to kill the family. With the help of some birds, the mongoose defends the family by killing the snakes and destroying their bungalow.

What are the five parts of the plot in the series by which they happen?

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

exposition, rising action, falling action, climax, resolution

exposition, climax, resolution, rising action, falling action

exposition, rising action, resolution, falling action, climax

resolution, rising action, climax, falling action, exposition

Rikki Tikki Tavi

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45 sec • 1 pt

The central conflict in "Rikki-tikki-tavi" is between

The English family and the snakes

Darzee and the cobras

Rikki-tikki and the cobras

Rikki-tikki and Karait

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Rikki-tikki's main helper in his fight with Nagaina is

Darzee.

Darzee's wife.

Teddy.

Teddy's father.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is Nagaina?

Nag's wife

Nag's father

Nag's sister

Nag's mother

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_____________ is the protagonist of Rikki Tikki Tavi.

Rikki Tikki Tavi

Nag

Nagaina

Chuchundra

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

____________________ are the antagonists in Rikki Tikki Tavi.

Rikki Tikki and Darzee

Rikki Tikki and Nag

Nag and Nagaina

Nag and Darzee

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first snake Rikki Tikki killed?

Nag

Nagaina

Karait

Darzee

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Why does Rikki-tikki leave his parents?

He gets lost while wandering.

A flood carries him away.

He is bored with family life.

A snake attacks him.

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