“Rikki” Review

Question 1

Who is Rikki?

a. A mongoose who gets washed up in a floodb. A venomous snake that fights a mongoosec. A young boy who finds a mongoosed. A human who fights snakes

Question 2

How does Rikki arrive at the family’s house?

a. He gets caught up in a thunderstorm.b. He gets carried away in a flood.c. Teddy picks him up on his way home from

school.d. He is looking for food and stumbles upon the

house.

Question 3

What is the first conflict in the story?

a. Rikki gets washed up in a flood.b. Teddy wants to keep Rikki-tikki as a pet, but his

parents won’t allow it.c. Teddy’s discussion with Darzeed. None of the above

Question 4

What is the setting of “Rikki-tikki-tavi”?

a. Texasb. Africac. Indiad. The United States

Question 5

True or false? Teddy and his parents thought Rikki was dead when they first discovered him.

Question 6

What is the motto of the mongoose family?

a. “Become a house mongoose.”b. “Don’t trust white men.”c. “Beware of snakes.”d. “Run and find out.”

Question 7

Who is Darzee?

a. A small snakeb. A mousec. A tailorbirdd. A muskrat

Question 8

Where did Rikki-tikki first meet Darzee?

a. In the bathroom of the houseb. On the front porch of the housec. In the gardend. None of the above

Question 9

Who is Nag?

a. A king cobra and one of the garden’s major predators

b. A tailorbird that lives in the gardenc. Teddy’s fatherd. A muskrat that Rikki-tikki speaks with

Question 10

True or False? Nag lashes out at Rikki-tikki and tries to strike him during their first encounter with one another.

Question 11

What does Rikki do when Nagaina attempts to bite him?

a. He runs and hides in a treeb. He goes after her with his sharp teeth c. He jumps in the air as high as he cand. He hides behind Nag

Question 12

Is Nagaina a stereotype or an individual? Defend/explain your answer.

Question 13

Who is Karait?

a. A mongoose who gets washed up in a floodb. A venomous snake that fights a mongoosec. A young boy who finds a mongoosed. A human who fights snakes

Question 14

Why does Rikki-tikki choose to NOT eat Karait?

a. He doesn’t want to.b. He wants to stay strong and quick. c. He can’t eat snakes.d. He doesn’t follow mongoose traditions.

Question 15

What piece of advice does Chuchundra give Rikki-tikki?

a. He tells him that he needs to be the one to beat the snakes.

b. He tells him to keep an eye out for the snakes.c. He doesn’t tell him anything directly.d. He doesn’t talk to Rikki-tikki

Question 16

How does Nag get into the house?

a. He goes through the gutters.b. He crawls through the bathroom sluice.c. He never enters the house.d. He crawls through the kitchen sluice.

Question 17

Who said “But are you sure that there is anything to be gained by killing the people?”

a. Rikkib. Karaitc. Nagd. Nagaina

Question 18

Where did Nag hide in the bathroom?

a. In the bath tubb. In a water jarc. Behind the doord. Under the sink

Question 19

What is Teddy’s mother’s name?

a. They never said.b. Alicec. Allisond. Angela

Question 20

Who killed Nag?

a. Karaitb. Teddyc. Nagainad. Rikki-tikki

Question 21

What conflict exists between Rikki-tikki and Nagaina?

a. Man vs. societyb. Man vs. selfc. Man vs. mand. Man vs. nature

Question 22

Who said “Bother my white teeth! Have you ever heard where she keeps her eggs?”

a. Rikkib. Karaitc. Darzeed. Nagaina

Question 23

Where exactly does Nagaina keep her eggs?

a. In the gardenb. In a nest in the woodsc. In the melon bedd. In a secret location

Question 24

Who is helps Rikki the most in his efforts to kill Nagaina?

a. Teddy b. Darzee’s wifec. Darzeed. The “Big Man”

Question 25

Which event is part of the main climax?

a. When Rikki-tikki fights Karaitb. When Rikki-tikki kills c. The garden rejoices when the snakes are killedd. When Rikki-tikki is battling with Nagaina

Question 26

How is the main conflict solved?

a. Darzee sings the change about Rikki-tikkib. Rikki-tikki chases Nagaina into the holec. Rikki-tikki goes back to the family’s housed. Nagaina is killed by Rikki-tikki