What Type of Animal?
Vocabulary
Plot
Miscellaneous
Rudyard Kipling
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Mongoose

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To crouch or shrink down in fear

Cower

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What is the SETTING of the story?

1800s, India, a bungalow

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Which animal is very shy?

Chuchundra

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Where was he born?

Bombay, India

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Darzee

Tailorbird

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To become conscious; wake up

Revive

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What is the EXPOSITION of the story?

Rikki is adopted by humans. Nag and Nagaina try to get rid of him.

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Which animal is the most talkative?

Darzee

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What did his father do for a living?

He was an architect and artist

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Chuchundra

Muskrat

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Something that comforts

Consolation

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What is the RISING ACTION of this story?

Rikki kills Nag and Karait

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Which animal shows the most courage helping Rikki?

Darzee's wife

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He said that he always preferred to believe WHAT of everybody?

The best

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Nagaina

Cobra

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In a clever way that is meant to trick or deceive

Cunningly

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What is the CLIMAX of this story?

Rikki chases Nagaina into the snake hole

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What is the motto of the mongoose family?

Run and find out

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Name one of his books?

"The Jungle Book" or "The Second Jungle Book"

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Teddy

Human

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To run quickly, with hurried movements

Scuttle

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What is the RESOLUTION of the story?

Rikki kills Nagaina and saves the human family.

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What is a bungalow?

In India, a house surrounded by a large outer porch

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What prize did he win for literature?

The Nobel Prize

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