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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. At what setting does Chapter Four start?
(a) Novastoshnah.
(b) Off the coast of Hawaii.
(c) The jungle.
(d) In the United States mainland.

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

3. Who is Darzee?
(a) The little boy.
(b) A tailorbird.
(c) The tailorbird's wife.
(d) A little girl.

4. How many seals spend their time at Novastoshnah in the summer?
(a) Between 40,000 and 50,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) About 15,000.
(d) Between 4,000 and 5,000.

5. Who kills Nag?
(a) Chuchundra.
(b) Teddy's father.
(c) Teddy's mother.
(d) Rikki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the White Seal do in the folktale that the old seals speak of?

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

3. Who kills Nagaina?

4. When the seal hunters first see Kotick, what do they think?

5. Who are frequents visitors of the setting of Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how Kotick's white coat works to his advantage.

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

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

6. Explain the differences between Little Toomai and Big Toomai.

7. Describe Petersen's character.

8. What do you think Sea Catch's scars from fighting for his land for his children represent?

9. Describe the relationship between Nag and Nagaina. Who is more practical and how?

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

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