Rikki Tikki Tavi Review

What is most likely the author’s reason for beginning the story with Rikki being swept away by the flood?

• To start the narrative with the beginning of Rikki’s “new” life

• To trick the reader into thinking that Rikki is dead

• To create sympathy for Rikki’s biological parents

• To make sure the reader doesn’t lose interest in the story

What is most likely the author’s intent in the following passage?

• To show that Darzee and his wife are weak

• To make the snake seem frightening before he is introduced

• To move the narrative along as fast as possible

• To demonstrate that Rikki-tikki is easily scared

What information mainly does the following passage communicate to readers about Rikki’s character (paragraphs 24-27)?

• It informs the reader that a mongoose’s role in life is to kill and eat snakes.

• It tells the reader exactly where Rikki is from.

• It teaches readers about Rikki’s particular fighting strategies.

• It demonstrates Rikki’s eagerness to kill Karait.

Which of the following best explains why Nag waits in the water jar for the man to bathe (paragraph 58)?

• Nag is able to move easier in the water.

• The man will not have a weapon handy.

• The man will be embarrassed to be caught naked.

• It will be morning, when Nag is able to see better.

Which of the following inferences about Darzee is best supported by the following passage?

• Darzee lives by strategy and compromise, just like a human being.

• The relationship between Darzee and his mate is very difficult.

• Darzee is not careful enough with his children.

• Darzee always protects children, no matter the species.

Which of the following best expresses the central idea of paragraph 33?

• People in India prize the mongoose for its skill in fighting snakes.

• Rikki is very lucky that he escaped getting struck from behind.

• Poisonous snakes are very dangerous in any tense situation.

• When a mongoose fights a snake, it relies not on magic but on skill.

Which of the following states an idea that may be part of the story’s theme?

• Being heroic requires courage.

• Some friends are disloyal.

• Females are clever and strong.

• Nature is mysterious.

What does the idiomatic expression “eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity” suggest about Rikki-tikki-tavi?

• He is rightfully fearful of new experiences in the world.

• His curiosity has caused damage to his nose and his tail.

• He is always hungry and looking for food.

• His desire to know about the world is more important than other instincts.

The video version of this story included music. What did the addition of the music do to help tell the story? Music helped to:

• show the way that people and snakes both equally like mongooses.

• describe the colors in the garden around the house.

• demonstrate the moods of the different songs that Darzee was singing.

• teach viewers about the way that snakes reproduce.

The video animators used an interesting technique to draw Rikki-tikki’s movements. His head arrived somewhere first and his body seemed to stretch out and then catch up with his head. The purpose of this style of drawing was to show Rikki-tikki’s:

• sadness over leaving his parents

• speed and twisty-turny explorations

• anger when he saw one of the snakes

• love of food