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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. How does Little Toomai prepare for a possible elephant dance?
(a) Does not give Kala Nag dinner.
(b) Leaves elephants chained up.
(c) Beats a fast rhythm on a small drum.
(d) Goes to bed early.

2. Kotick is disturbed by the sight of what at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) Other seal families arriving at Novastoshnah for the summer.
(b) The girl seals.
(c) Halibut.
(d) The clubbing and skinning of his friends.

3. Who are frequents visitors of the setting of Chapter Four?
(a) Fishermen and seals.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Trappers.
(d) Tourists.

4. Why are the birds upset when Rikki-Tikki-Tavi meets them?
(a) Their baby is crying.
(b) Their baby is gone.
(c) They don't know what happens to their baby.
(d) They are afraid of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

5. Who grows up to be the namesake for Chapter Four?
(a) Kotick.
(b) Matkah.
(c) Kerick.
(d) Sea Catch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many seals come with Kotick at the end of Chapter Four?

2. What or who is Keddah?

3. What is the name of the big black cobra that is responsible for the tailorbirds distress?

4. How long does the elephant performance last?

5. What kind of animal is Kala Nag?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Little Toomai able to see the dance and not the adults?

2. In what ways is Kotick more mature than the other seals his age?

3. Describe how Rikki feels about the father and mother.

4. In what ways are Kotick's mom and the girl seal impressed with him at the end of the Chapter Four?

5. How does the theme of the importance of animals show up when Rikki overhears Nag and his wife?

6. How is Kipling's theme of animals being more innocent than humans resurface in Chapter Four?

7. Describe the Sea Vitch's appearance.

8. How do the lives of the native elephant workers differ from those British men in Chapter Six?

9. Describe Petersen's character.

10. Why do you think the mother is at first alarmed when she sees Rikki snuggling up to Teddy?

(see the answer keys)

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