"Rikki-Tikk-Tikki-Tikki-Tchk!"

"the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed through the bathrooms of the big ________ in Segowlee cantonment."

• veranda (a covered porch) n.

• bungalow (a small house) n.

• sluice (an opening in the wall that allows water to flow into a sink/tub) n.

• house

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The news of Nag's death was all over the garden, for the sweeper had thrown the body on the _______ heap."

• rubbish (waste, junk, trash) n.

• mongoose (a small animal native to Asia, Africa, and Europe) n.

• scuttle (to scurry or scamper) v.

• cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"She had crept up behind him as he was talking, to make an end of him; and he heard her _______ hiss as the stroke missed."

• consolation (something that brings comfort) n.

• savage (a vicious, fierce person) n.

• cower (to crouch in fear or shame) v.

• cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"It may be some _______ to you when you're dead to know that I shall settle accounts with the boy."

• mongoose (a small animal native to Asia, Africa, and Europe) n.

• valiant (showing bravery, courageous) adjective

• consolation (something that brings comfort) n.

• revive (to bring back to life or consciousness) v.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Rikki-tikki went out into the _______ and sat in the sunshine and fluffed up his fur to make it dry to the roots."

• bungalow (a small house) n.

• cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb

• gait ( a way a person or animal walks/runs) n.

• veranda (a covered porch) n.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The _______ Rikki-tikki caught him by the head and held fast."

• valiant (showing bravery, courageous) adjective

• cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb

• sluice (an opening in the wall that allows water to flow into a sink/tub) n.

• rubbish (waste, junk, trash) n.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Darzee and his wife only _______ down in the nest without answering, for from the thick grass, there came a low hiss."

• cowered (to crouch in fear or shame) v.

• valiant (showing bravery, courageous) adjective

• consolation (something that brings comfort) n.

• scuttle (to scurry or scamper) v.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"That's Nag or Nagaina," he said to himself, "and he's crawling into the bathroom __________."

• sluice (an opening in the wall that allows water to flow into a sink/tub) n.

• tub

• sink

• valiant (showing bravery, courageous) adjective

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"in the warm litter by the melons, very ________ hidden, he found twenty-five eggs the size of bantam eggs with whitish skin not shell."

• cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb

• savage (a vicious fierce person) n.

• rubbish (waste, trash, junk) n.

• scuttle (to scurry or scamper) v.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"something went off like a thunderclap just behind him; a hot wind knocked him senseless, and red fire ________ his fur."

• cunningly (done in a clever or deceiving way) adverb

• bungalow (a small house) n.

• mongoose (a small animal native to Asia, Africa, and Europe) n.

• singed (to burn or scorch) v.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4