Rikki Tikki Tavi

Who are the antagonists in Rikki Tikki Tavi?

• Teddy's parents

• Chua and Chuchundra

• Nag and Nagaina

• None of these

What is the main conflict in Rikki Tikki Tavi?

• Nag bullies Dare in the garden

• Rikki Tikki Tavi must keep Teddy and his family safe, and they are threatened by cobras living in the garden.

• A great flood washes Rikki Tikki Tavi out his home.

• Rikki Tikki Tavi and Nagaina fight to the death.

Which of the following is an example of an internal conflict (man vs. self) in the story?

• Chuchundra is too afraid to run into the middle of a room.

• Nagaina plans to get revenge for Nag's death.

• Rikki Tikki Tavi kills karait

• Dare sings a mournful song for Rikki Tikki Tavi.

According to the narrator, what is the typical relationship between a mongoose and a cobra?

• They both make excellent pets.

• They can share a habitat but typically ignore each other.

• They live in completely different habitats.

• They are natural enemies.

Which of the following events is part of the falling action in the story?

• Rikki Tikki followed Nagaina into her rat hole.

• Rikki Tikki explored the house and the garden.

• The red ants descended into the hole to do their job.

• Rikki Tikki destroyed all but one of Nagaina's eggs.

"Who is Nag?" said he. "I am Nag. The great god Brahm put his mark upon all out people when the first cobra spread his hood to keep the sun off Brahm as he slept. Look, and be afraid!"

Which of the following is used in the excerpt above?

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• allusion

• alliteration

Which character in the story is motivated by revenge?

• Rikki Tikki

• Darzee

• Nag

• Nagaina

Which excerpt below best exemplifies the motivation of Teddy's parents in the story?

• The motto of all the mongoose family is "Run and find out"; and Rikki Tikki was a true mongoose.

• "He'll do no such thing," said the father. "Teddy's safer with that little beast than if he had a bloodhound to watch him.

• They took him into the house, and a big man picked him up between his finger and thumb, and said he was not dead but half choked' so they wrapped him in cotton-wool, and warmed him and he opened his eyes and sneezed.

• "Good gracious," said Teddy's mother, "and that's a wild creature! I suppose he's so tame because we've been kind to him"