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"Rikki Tikki Tavi," Story Elements, and Literary Terms in "Rikki Tikki Tavi"
"Rikki Tikki Tavi," Story Elements, and Literary Terms in "Rikki Tikki Tavi"
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1
T or F?
An example of the
protagonist
in our story is
Nag
. (#28 in Glossary!!)
False
True
2
T or F?
Nag & Nagaina are examples of
antagonists
in our story
True
False
3
Who
is Nagaina?
Nagaina is a lizard in the garden
Nagaina is a cobra and Nag’s “wicked wife.”
Nagaina is the character that kills her baby snake eggs
Nagaina is the first character to die in the story
4
T or F? Internal conflict
is between the character & another person, society, nature, or technology (#7 in Glossary!)
True
False
5
Who
is Nag?
Nag is the killer of snakes
Nag is a pet to Teddy
Nag is the cobra that lives alone in the garden
Nag is husband to Nagaina
6
What personality characteristics does Rikki Tikki Tavi show as soon as he is dried off and warmed up in Teddy’s home?
curious
hungry
lazy
angry
7
What is "when two, unlike things, are
compared
--
using like or as
"? (#30 in Glossary of Lit Terms!)
simile
metaphor
plot
alliteration
8
What is "the use of words whose sounds
imitate
the
sounds
of what they describe"? (#21 in Glossary!)
external conflict
onomatopoeia
metaphor
personification
9
What is "the comparison of two, unlike things NOT using like or as"? (#18 in Glossary!)
alliteration
metaphor
plot
personification
10
Who is the author to our story?
Washington Irving
Christoper Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Christopher Milne
11
What is "the
conversation
between characters in a work of literature"? (#8 in Glossary!)
plot
character
dialogue
setting
12
How does Rikki feel when his tail grows
"bottle brushy"
?
lonely and afraid
happy and excited
cold and hungry
lazy and tired
13
"
Clues
about something that is going to happen
later in the story
"
(#12 in Glossary of Lit Terms!)
mood
foreshadowing
suspense
irony
14
Who is the
main conflict
between in this short story?
snakes and birds
humans and mongoose
mongoose and snakes
humans and the garden
15
What is
"
when two or more words in a group of words
BEGIN
with the same
SOUND"?
(#1 in Glossary!)
elevator
allegory
alligator
alliteration
16
Which of the following happened in the
exposition
of our story?
Rikki Tikki Tavi fights Nag
The family takes the mongoose in as a pet
Nagaina fights Rikki Tikki Tavi
The snake Karait fights the mongoose
17
How does Darzee’s wife help Rikki Tikki Tavi in the fight against Nagaina?
Acts like she is injured to distract Nagaina
both answers
Flutters near Nagaina as the snake tries to get away
18
Which of the following did
NOT
happen in the falling action of the plot in our story?
Rikki went to bed on Teddy's shoulder
Coppersmith announced that Nagaina was dead
Red ants went to see Nagaina's dead snake body
Rikki kept the garden as a mongoose should keep it!
19
What is the name of
another text
this author
wrote?
Peter Pan
The Jungle Book
Hunger Games
The Lion King
20
In the plot, the
climax
of our story is when ___________________________.
Rikki chases Nagaina into her underground home
On the veranda, Nagaina almost bites Teddy's leg
All but one of Nagaina's eggs is destroyed
Rikki follows Darzee's wife to the melon bed
21
(#7 in Glossary)
T or F?
Internal
conflict is conflict
within
the character.
True
False
22
T or F?
The main character of a work of literature is the
protagonist.
False
True
23
T or F?
The
antagonist
is the opponent of the main character.
(Glossary word #2!!)
True
False
24
Why
do the cobras want to do away with the humans in the garden?
snakes enjoy attacking humans
to get revenge for the humans living near garden
to have a safe place to raise their snake babies
Nagaina said it was a good idea
25
What type of animal is Rikki Tikki Tavi?
mongoose
Mother Goose
muskrat
cobra
26
What does “conflict” mean?
Conflict is not real in the story
Conflict is the author's purpose
Conflict is the ending of the story
Conflict is the struggle in the story
27
What is "extravagant
statement
that is
NOT meant
to be taken literally"?(#13 in Glossary of Lit Terms!)
hyperbole
irony
simile
metaphor
