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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. What kind of animal is Kala Nag?

2. Who overhears the plot to kill Teddy's family?

3. What doesn't Kotick know about the Sea Cow?

4. Who never comes to the lovely beach Kotick finds?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Explain why is Darzee singing a mournful song at the end of Chapter Five?

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

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

8. Describe Petersen's character.

9. Why do you think Little Toomai is surprised to see Petersen's elephant at the dance?

10. How is the danger of the cobras foreshadowed early on in Chapter Five?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how The White Seal is a Biblical allegory. Be sure to define allegory.

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

Foreshadowing is used by Kipling throughout The Jungle Book. Give three examples of foreshadowing and how it is used to tell events yet to come.

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