Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Test Review

Match the description with the character. "He was a mongoose, rather like a little cat in his fur and his tail, but quite like a weasel in his head and his habits. His eyes and the end of his restless nose were pink;"

• Karait

• Darzee

• Nag

• Chuchundra

• Rikki-Tikki

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"...the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail. When he had lifted one-third of himself clear of the ground, he stayed balancing to and fro exactly as a dandelion-tuft balances in the wind, and he looked at Rikki-tikki with the wicked snake's eyes that never change their expression, whatever the snake may be thinking of."

• Karait

• Darzee

• Nag

• Chuchundra

• Rikki-Tikki

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"`Be careful. I am death!'... the dusty brown snakeling that lies for choice on the dusty earth; and his bite is as dangerous as the cobra's. But he is so small that nobody thinks of him, and so he does the more harm to people."

• Karait

• Darzee

• Nag

• Chuchundra

• Rikki-Tikki

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"I am a very poor man," he sobbed. "I never had spirit enough to run out into the middle of the room. H'sh! I musn't tell you anything. Can't you hear, Rikki-tikki?"

• Karait

• Darzee

• Nag

• Chuchundra

• Rikki-Tikki

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"...was a feather-brained little fellow who could never hold more than one idea at a time in his head; and just because he knew that Nagaina's children were born in eggs like his own, he didn't think at first that it was fair to kill them."

• Karait

• Darzee

• Nag

• Chuchundra

• Rikki-Tikki

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What kind of animal is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?

• mongoose

• muskrat

• tailor bird

• cobra

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

All of the following are part of the setting EXCEPT...

• Summer

• Segowlee

• India

• Africa

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What type of animal is Nagaina?

• mongoose

• brown snake

• tailor bird

• cobra

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which word describes Rikki-Tikki’s character?

• curious

• foolish

• violent

• ignorant

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

According to the selection below, what is Nag and Nagaina’s motive for killing the humans?

• Nag and Nagaina were natural enemies of humans.

• Nag and Nagaina needed room for their growing family.

• Nag and Nagaina hate mongooses.

• Nag and Nagaina wanted revenge on the humans who killed their family.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5