WorksheetsRikki Tikki Tavi Assessment
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 30mins
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.
Who do the animals represent in the novel?
British
Englishmen
Native Indians
The Jungle Book
To describe Rikki Tikki as Valiant would be to describe him as...
Timid
Brave
Unbothered
Very Strong
Which is a proper theme for the Story?
Survival of the fittest
Two heads are better than one
Being Brave isn't easy
Money can't buy happiness
Who do the Cobras represent in the novel?
The Swedish Settlers
The British Children
Nags Children
The Indian Natives
Why did Britain take so much interest in India in the 1600s?
They wanted their land.
They wanted their oil.
They wanted to trade.
They wanted to join forces.
What was Britain’s initial interest in India?
Foreign Exchange
Spice Trade
Prohibition
Slave Trade
who is the author of Rikki Tikki Tavi?
Toni Morrison
Rudford Beckett
Toni Childs
Rudyard Kipling
in what year did Britain gain full control over India?
1922
1858
1847
1947
When did India gain its independence from Britain?
1922
1858
1847
1947
Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Nag
Teddy
Rikki Tikki
Nagaina
Who is the antagonist of the novel?
The Cobras
The Humans
The Tailorbirds
There is no antagonist.
What is the conflict of this novel?
Character vs technology
Character vs society
Character vs character
Character vs fate
what advice did Rikki tikki’s mother give him
To be submissive to colonizers
To be dominant over colonizers
To defend his land
To never let anyone in the sacred garden
Every mongoose, young or old, knows:
Never eat snake eggs
Never run from a fight
Never climb into a birds nest
Never go into a snake hole
Rikki-Tikki protects the British family from the native dangers in exchange for
all the treats he could ever want
the social justice of all Native Indians
the comforts of a domesticated lifestyle
freedom of all Native Americans
something that comforts
Veranda
Cower
Consolation
Mourning
to crouch or sink down in fear
cower
shrink
scuttle
expand
to become conscious; wake up
revive
resist
renew
assist
in India, a house surrounded by a large outer porch
veranda
bungalow
sluice
pillar
cleared for the growing of garden plants
cultivated
plowed
prepared
planted
Essay Question: **Must be a Paragraph**
The story of Rikki-Tikki Tavi takes place during the British Raj in colonial India between 1858- 1947.
Name some other places Britain gained control and some lasting effects from Britains control on these foreign lands?
Who were some notable people involved?
What transpired these places gained their Independence from Britain?
