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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Law of the Jungle, when must cubs be brought before the pack council?
(a) When they stop nursing.
(b) As soon as they can stand by themselves.
(c) As soon as they are born.
(d) After their first hunt.

2. How many languages does Mowgli repeat the call in?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. What things does Mowgli have to learn about in the village in Chapter Three?
(a) Driving and cooking.
(b) Sewing and cooking.
(c) Clothes, money and plowing.
(d) Baking and cooking.

4. Who tells Mowgli that the pack turns against him?
(a) Father Wolf.
(b) Baloo.
(c) Bagheera.
(d) Mother Wolf.

5. What are the Cold Lairs in the past?
(a) Water.
(b) A place where the Wolf family lives.
(c) A human city.
(d) Baloo's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Bandar-log?

2. What does Mowgli use to scare the wolf pack?

3. Why do jungle creatures have no respect for gray apes?

4. In Chapter Three, who still intends to kill Mowgli, after first announcing this intention in Chapter One?

5. Where is Bagheera born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mowgli stand up for himself when the pack turns against him?

2. Describe the fall of Akela's character in Chapter One.

3. Why must Baloo and Bagheera team up with Kaa?

4. In what ways do the monkey people seem like a good time to Mowgli?

5. What is the symbolism of Bagheera calling out for help in the battle?

6. When the cattle go crazy in Chapter Three, what is Mowgli trying to do and what happens as a result?

7. How does the dare with the villagers in Chapter Three ultimately help Mowgli?

8. How does the mother wolf approach the situation with the man-cub?

9. Describe the role of Chil the Kite and Mang the Bat in Chapter Two? What does this mean?

10. What is the symbolism of Mowgli caught in a trap at the end of Chapter Two?

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