Vocab
This word is defined as something that means to great extent
Immensely
This character is the main protagonist of the story
Rikki-Tikki
This place is where Rikki-Tikki is swept away from, and is most commonly found to have small animals living in them
(Is also the last name of the best football player who should have won MVP)
Burrow
"This story is about a ______ _______ fought by Rikki-Tikki"
great war
This ____________ piece of land was used to grow soy and corn
Cultivated
"When he revived, he was lying in the hot sun on the middle of a garden path, very draggled indeed, and a small boy was saying, "Here's a dead mongoose. Let's have a funeral." Who is the small boy in this sentence?
Teddy
Rikki-tikki eats this food when he is taken in by Teddy and his parents
A piece of raw meat
“We are very miserable,” said Darzee. “One of our babies fell out of the nest yesterday and Nag ate him.” “H'm!” said Rikki-tikki, “that is very sad....Who is ___?” Darzee and his wife only cowered down in the nest without answering" Who is this dialogue introducing into the story?
Nag
This word was used to describe Rikki-Tikki as a "gift" that saved Teddy's life
Providence
This character is married to a bird, who is said to be "feather-brained"
Darzee
Nag and Nagaina wait to do this deed while they wait in the water jar and contemplate how to do it
Kill Teddy and his family
"It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose." This quote states that it is not in Rikki-Tikki's nature to be ___________ .
Afraid
This word is used to describe Darzee's wife, as a ___________ bird, since she knew to kill Nagaina's eggs.
Sensible
This character was put on the mark of the god Brahm and is also the antagonist of the story
Nag
When a mongoose fights a snake, it relies not on magic, but on what?
Skill
"We are very miserable... One of our babies fell out of the nest yesterday and Nag ate him." Who said this?
Darzee
This word means to take great comfort in something, whether that be in something someone said or something you have heard
Consolation
This musk-rat gets emotional when Rikki-Tikki asks where Nag is
Chuchundra
"The motto of all the mongoose family is "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose." What does this say about mongooses?
They are not easily afraid
"....and in the dark he ran up against ___________, the musk-rat, creeping around by the wall."
Chuchundra