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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," Part One

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  • Describe Nag.
    He's a "big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail."
  • What is one thing Rikki-Tikki is curious about in the bungalow?
    Answers will vary; refer to paragraph 15. One possible answer: kerosene lamps
  • In Rikki-Tikki's first encounter with the cobras, what happens to Nagaina?
    He bites her, leaving her "torn and angry."
  • What was Rudyard Kipling's most popular work?
    The Jungle Book
  • How does the author characterize Chuchundra?
    A muskrat who "never comes out into the middle of the floor, but always creeps round by the wall."
  • What happened to Rikki-tikki after the flood?
    He was found by a family.
  • Why is Nag angry at Darzee?
    He warned Rikki-Tikki.
  • When Rikki-Tikki is in the garden, he meets--
    a cobra who ate a baby bird.
  • "...his tail grew bottle-brushy at the thought of it" uses what type of figurative language?
    metaphor
  • The poem at the beginning of the text describes--
    a fight between two animals.
  • How did Rikki-Tikki spend time in the house?
    exploring everything
  • When Rikki-Tikki encounters Karait, he--
    fights Karait to protect Teddy.
  • When they see Rikki-Tikki on Teddy's pillow, how do the parents react?
    The mother doesn't like it, but the father thinks the mongoose will keep the boy safe.
  • What is the mongoose named after?
    his war-cry, "Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk!"
  • When a mongoose's eyes glow red, he is ___________.
    angry
  • How does Rikki-Tikki feel about the family?
    He likes how they treat him.
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