Characters
Acurious and brave mongoose
Rikki-tikki?
the country where the story takes place
India
The character whose goals work agianst the main character or hero.
Antagonist
Definition: Prepared and used for the raising of crops. Ex: It was a large garden, only half ______________, with bushes, as big as summer-houses, of Marshal Niel roses, lime and orange trees, clumps of bamboos, and thickets of high grass.
cultivated
"Don't kill me," said Chuchundra, almost weeping. "Rikki-tikki, don't kill me!"
What does the dialogue in this paragraph suggest about Chuchundra?
He is afraid of Rikki.
the boy who adopts Rikki-tikki
Teddy
the ____________ and the mongoose are natural enemies.
snake
The main character -- the one the story revolves around and who usually has a problem to solve.
Protagonist
Definition: comforting. Ex: “Well, it may be some ______________ to you when you’re dead to know that I shall settle accounts with the boy.
consolation
How do Teddy and his family greet Rikki-tikki?
They save his life. They give him food and let him sleep in the nursery with Teddy. They treat him well.
a small snake killed by Rikki-tikki
Karait
These characters' eggs get eaten in the story
Darzee and Darzee's wife
An aspect of a person or character's behavior and attitude that make up that character's presonality.
trait
Definition: Having or showing good judgement or sense. Ex: But his wife was a _____________ bird, and she knew that cobra's eggs meant young cobras later on.
sensible
How does Rikki-tikki first save Teddy’s life?
He kills the snake Karait before the snake can bite Teddy.
this character kills Nag.
Teddy's father
this is the climax of "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
the battle in the snake hole
A conversation between characters.
dialogue
Defiinition: to a great extent; extremely. Ex: They gave him a little piece of raw meat. Rikki-tikki liked it ____________, and when it was finished he went out into the veranda and sat in the sunshine and fluffed up his fur to make it dry to the roots.
immensely
a cowardly muskrat
Chuchundra
Action Rikki-tikki takes to avoid more cobras in the garden.
Destroying Nagaina's eggs
End of the story where all conflicts are resolved.
Resolution
Definition: The protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power; Ex: and then teddy’s mother picked him up from the dust and hugged him, crying that he saved Teddy from death, and Teddy’s father said that he was a _______________, and Teddy looked on with big scared eyes.
providence
the author of "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Rudyard Kipling