1. “Rikki” Review

2. Question 1 Who is Rikki? A mongoose who gets washed up in a flood
A venomous snake that fights a mongoose
A young boy who finds a mongoose
A human who fights snakes

3. Question 2 How does Rikki arrive at the family’s house?
He gets caught up in a thunderstorm.
He gets carried away in a flood.
Teddy picks him up on his way home from school.
He is looking for food and stumbles upon the house.

4. Question 3 What is the first conflict in the story?
Rikki gets washed up in a flood.
Teddy wants to keep Rikki-tikki as a pet, but his parents won’t allow it.
Teddy’s discussion with Darzee
None of the above

5. Question 4 What is the setting of “Rikki-tikki-tavi”? Texas Africa
India
The United States

6. Question 5
True or false? Teddy and his parents thought Rikki was dead when they first discovered him.

7. Question 6 What is the motto of the mongoose family?
“Become a house mongoose.”
“Don’t trust white men.”
“Beware of snakes.”
“Run and find out.”

8. Question 7
Who is Darzee?
A small snake
A mouse
A tailorbird
A muskrat

9. Question 8 Where did Rikki-tikki first meet Darzee?
In the bathroom of the house
On the front porch of the house
In the garden
None of the above

10. Question 9
Who is Nag?
A king cobra and one of the garden’s major predators
A tailorbird that lives in the garden
Teddy’s father
A muskrat that Rikki-tikki speaks with

11. Question 10
True or False? Nag lashes out at Rikki-tikki and tries to strike him during their first encounter with one another.

12. Question 11 What does Rikki do when Nagaina attempts to bite him?
He runs and hides in a tree
He goes after her with his sharp teeth
He jumps in the air as high as he can
He hides behind Nag

13. Question 12
Is Nagaina a stereotype or an individual? Defend/explain your answer.

14. Question 13 Who is Karait? A mongoose who gets washed up in a flood
A venomous snake that fights a mongoose
A young boy who finds a mongoose
A human who fights snakes

15. Question 14 Why does Rikki-tikki choose to NOT eat Karait?
He doesn’t want to.
He wants to stay strong and quick.
He can’t eat snakes.
He doesn’t follow mongoose traditions.

16. Question 15 What piece of advice does Chuchundra give Rikki-tikki?
He tells him that he needs to be the one to beat the snakes.
He tells him to keep an eye out for the snakes.
He doesn’t tell him anything directly.
He doesn’t talk to Rikki-tikki

17. Question 16 How does Nag get into the house?
He goes through the gutters.
He crawls through the bathroom sluice.
He never enters the house.
He crawls through the kitchen sluice.

18. Question 17
Who said “But are you sure that there is anything to be gained by killing the people?”
Rikki
Karait
Nag
Nagaina

19. Question 18 Where did Nag hide in the bathroom? In the bath tub
In a water jar
Behind the door
Under the sink

20. Question 19 What is Teddy’s mother’s name? They never said. Alice
Allison
Angela

21. Question 20
Who killed Nag?
Karait
Teddy
Nagaina
Rikki-tikki

22. Question 21 What conflict exists between Rikki-tikki and Nagaina?
Man vs. society
Man vs. self
Man vs. man
Man vs. nature

23. Question 22
Who said “Bother my white teeth! Have you ever heard where she keeps her eggs?”
Rikki
Karait
Darzee
Nagaina

24. Question 23 Where exactly does Nagaina keep her eggs? In the garden
In a nest in the woods
In the melon bed
In a secret location

25. Question 24
Who is helps Rikki the most in his efforts to kill Nagaina?
Teddy
Darzee’s wife
Darzee
The “Big Man”

26. Question 25 Which event is part of the main climax?
When Rikki-tikki fights Karait
When Rikki-tikki kills
The garden rejoices when the snakes are killed
When Rikki-tikki is battling with Nagaina

27. Question 26 How is the main conflict solved?
Darzee sings the change about Rikki-tikki
Rikki-tikki chases Nagaina into the hole
Rikki-tikki goes back to the family’s house
Nagaina is killed by Rikki-tikki