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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is charmed by Little Toomai?

2. How does Kotick get other seals to come to the new summer vacation place that he finds?

3. How big is the cobra?

4. How does Little Toomai prepare for a possible elephant dance?

5. Kotick is disturbed by the sight of what at the beginning of Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Sea Vitch's appearance.

2. What does it mean that Rikki saves Teddy from the first snake before his father can?

3. Even though Kotick is doing something for the good of others when he is searching, how do the rest of the seals view him?

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

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

6. Describe the character of Kala Nag.

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

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

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

10. How does Little Toomai prepare for the possibility of an elephant dance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, what is your opinion of The Jungle Book? Do you recommend this book to friends? What do you like about it? What do you dislike?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Mowgli as the protagonist of the stories. Define protagonist, and compare/contrast his character with the antagonist, Shere Khan. Their conflict is at the center of the story, but what makes the reader sympathetic to Mowgli?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Kotick and his father, Sea Catch. How are they alike? How are they different?

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