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Rikki Tikki Tavi Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a series of related events  
a)
Plot
b)
Conflict
c)
Climax
d)
Resolution
2.
The story's most critical moment
a)
Plot
b)
Confclit
c)
Climax
d)
Resolution
3.
What is an example of a conflict in "Rikki Tikki Tavi"
a)
Rikki Tikki is curious
b)
The story takes place in India
c)
The snakes are trying to kill the family
d)
Darzee sings a song of triumph
4.
What is the resolution of the story?
a)
Rikki follows Nagaina into her hole
b)
The animals treat Rikki as a hero
c)
A flood washes Rikki away from his home
d)
Rikki attacks Nag
5.
Rikki follows Nagaina into her hole.  
This is an example of...
a)
Exposition
b)
Setting
c)
Resolution
d)
Climax
6.
Which event directly leads up to Rikki-tikki-tavi’s living in the house with Teddy and his parents?
a)
A snake attacks Teddy.
b)
Rikki eats a banana on the veranda.
c)
A summer flood washes Rikki out of his burrow.
d)
Darzee tells Rikki-tikki-tavi about his lost baby.
7.
Who is Nag waiting to kill in the bathroom?
a)
The Father
b)
Rikki Tikki
c)
Teddy
d)
Karait
8.
Why does Rikki Tikki bring Nagaina's last egg onto the veranda? 
a)
To distract Nagaina 
b)
To eat it because he is hungry
c)
To save it
d)
To show it to the family
9.
The cobras want to kill Rikki Tikki before he kills them.  The is considered the major ...
a)
Climax
b)
Character Trait
c)
Conflict
d)
Foreshadowing
10.
Why is Rikki Tikki not afraid to fight snakes?
a)
He knows instinctively how to fight them.
b)
Teddy taught him how to fight snakes
c)
Dare taught him how to fight snakes
d)
He was friends with snakes while growing up
11.
True or False:
Conflict occurs when characters see a threat to their way of life.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
True or False:
The cobras plotting to kill the family is a major conflict in the story.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Why are Darzee and Nagaina similar?
a)
They are both birds
b)
They both are fighting against Rikki Tikki
c)
They both take action when their husbands fail.
d)
Stay in their nests with their babies
14.
The animals in this story seems like humans because the author...
a)
explains where they live
b)
describes their conflicts and loyalties
c)
sets the story in the garden
d)
explains that Rikki's eyes turn red when he is mad
15.
Which is the best example of one of Rikki's character traits?
a)
He is curious
b)
He is lazy
c)
He is silly
d)
He is a coward
16.
The main idea about life which the author is share with the reader is called...
a)
Rising Action
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Theme
d)
Climax
17.
One of the themes of “Rikki-tikki-tavi” is—
a)
love is stronger than death
b)
stand up to those who threaten or harm others
c)
kindness is contagious
d)
Don't judge a book by its cover
18.
Which passage foreshadows that the snakes may harm the family?
a)
"Rikki Tikki was eaten up with curiosity from head to tail"
b)
"Oh look!  Our Mongoose is killing a snake!" said Teddy
c)
"Early in the morning, Rikki came to breakfast riding on Teddy's shoulder."
d)

“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. If a snake came into the nursery now. . . .” 
19.
"This is the story of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed, through the bathrooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment."
This is an example of ...
a)
Setting
b)
Theme
c)
Resolution
d)
Character Trait
20.
There are several conflict in the story, but only one main conflict.
a)
True
b)
False