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

2. What does Baloo drill the boy daily on?
(a) The words of the call.
(b) The chant of the wild.
(c) The jungle promise.
(d) How to hunt.

3. At the end of Chapter Three, who does Mowgli belong with?
(a) The human village.
(b) Both the human village and the wolf pack.
(c) The wolf pack.
(d) Neither the human village or the wolf pack.

4. Who spreads news of the fight with the monkeys to the rest of the jungle?
(a) Mang the bat.
(b) Kaa.
(c) Baloo.
(d) Mowgli.

5. What does Mowgli use to scare the wolf pack?
(a) A rock.
(b) Fire.
(c) A trap.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Mowgli that the pack turns against him?

2. What is the meaning of the call that all creatures repeat, when they are hunting outside their home turf?

3. Where do the human villagers send Mowgli to work in the middle of Chapter Three?

4. At the beginning of Chapter Three, the villagers stare at Mowgli's_______.

5. When Mowgli overhears the men talking about the jungle creatures, what does he do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the Law of the Jungle.

2. Deep down inside, what do you think Mowgli considers himself, a man or a wolf?

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

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

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

6. Is the jackal respected by the other jungle creatures? Why or why not?

7. Explain what Mowgli does not accomplish in Chapter Three if it isn't for his friends.

8. Describe Mowgli's appearance when he first meets the wolf family and their impression of him.

9. Describe Gray Brother's demeanor and the reasons for it when he comes to bring Mowgli news in Chapter Three.

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

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