Rikki Tikki Tavi Assessment

Rikki Tikki Tavi Represents who?

• The British

• The Americans

• The Sepoys

• The Englishmen

What kind of animal is Rikki-tikki-tavi?

• Cat

• Muskrat

• Mongoose

• Cobra

In “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” a flood takes Rikki-tikki from his home to the care of an English family. In what part of the plot does the flood take place?

• during the climax

• during the falling action

• during the resolution

• during the exposition

At the beginning of “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” which characteristic does Rikki-tikki display as soon as he has warmed up to the family?

• greed

• bravery

• curiosity

• laziness

Who is Nagaina?

• Nag's Sister

• Nag's Mother

• Darzee's Sister

• Nag's Wife

What prediction can you make based on your prior knowledge and this quotation from “Rikki-tikki-tavi”? “Teddy's safer with that little beast than if he had a bloodhound to watch him. If a snake came into the nursery

now”

• The snakes are not a threat to Teddy.

• Rikki-tikki will fail to protect Teddy from a snake attack.

• Rikki-tikki will protect Teddy from a snake attack.

• Rikki-tikki will attack Teddy.

If Rikki-tikki fears the cobra immensely, he fears it

• a little bit.

• a great deal.

• only for a moment.

• only at first.

Someone who needs consolation is probably

• happy

• puzzled

• sad

• confident

Who does Teddy and his family represent?

• The Native Indians

• British Settlers

• American Naturalist

• Hunters

The central conflict in “Rikki-tikki-tavi” is between

• the English family and the snakes.

• Rikki-tikki and the cobras.

• Rikki-tikki and Karait.

• Darzee and the cobras.