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Literary Devices
Rikki-tikki-tavi
Three Skeleton Key
Monsters...AHH!
Vocabulary
100
This is a series of related events.
Plot
100
According to the story, what two animals is a mongoose like?
A cat and a weasel
100
Why does the narrator take the job at Three Skeleton Key?
He wants to set aside some money before he gets married.
100
Name at least two events that occur that make the residents nervous and arouse their suspicions.
A screeching roar is heard overhead, mower stops working, the stove stops working, car's do not turn on, light doesn't turn on.
100
Enormously
Immensely
200
This is a struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces.
Conflict
200
Why is Rikki-tikki not afraid of fighting the snakes?
He instinctively knows how to fight them.
200
Why does the narrator watch the Cornelius de Witt with tears in his eyes?
He knows that the ship is about to be wrecked.
200
When Tommy tells Mr. Brand not to go downtown, he says, "They don't want you to." To whom is he referring?
Aliens from outer space.
200
crouched and trembled in fear.
Cowered
300
This is the story's most emotional or suspenseful moment.
Climax
300
How are Darzee's wife and Nagaina similar?
They both take action when their husbands fail.
300
How do the rats first get inside the lighthouse?
The metal sheeting that was sealing the window gives way.
300
Why do the residents start to believe Tommy's story?
Fear overtakes their good sense.
300
Understand
Fathom
400
This is the last part of the story where the loose ends of the plot are tied up and the story is closed.
Resolution
400
Why do the birds and frogs in the garden rejoice at the end of the story?
They are overjoyed that the snakes are dead.
400
Why do the officers and crew of the first patrol boat look at the lighthouse with a horrified expression?
The light is completely covered by a mass of rats
400
Why does Charlie shoot Pete Van Horn?
He sees a dark figure approaching and thinks its a monster.
400
fit to be eaten
Edible
500
These are tales that keep the reader in suspense from beginning to end.
Grabbers
500
When does the climax of the story occur?
When Rikki-tikki follows Nagaina into the hole.
500
What becomes of the three lighthouse attendants?
One man returns to the key; one goes insane; one dies.
500
At the end of the play, what turns out to be the real monster?
prejudice and suspicion
500
Boldly resisting authority
Defiant