The Jungle Book (by Rudyard Kipling)
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Tabaqui the jackal brings word to the wolves that ________ has shifted his hunting grounds
Shere Khan
Who is the adopted son of mother wolf and father wolf?
Mowgli
Who is the leader of the Seeonee wolf pack?
Akela
Who is the only creature, besides wolves, who is invited to the wolf pack council and is responsible for teaching Mowgli?
Baloo
Who pays the price to the wolf pack for young Mowgli’s life?
Bagheera
Why does Bagheera have a scar on his neck?
From the collar rubbing on his neck when he lived in captivity with humans
What is the “red flower” that the animals refer to?
Fire
What does Baloo eat?
honey, nuts and berries
Where does Mowgli go after he has been cast out of the wolf pack?
to the man village
What type of animal is Mowgli forbidden from association with?
The monkeys
After his abduction Mowgli asks _______ to deliver a message to Baloo and Bagheera
Raan
Who is the creature that monkeys fear most?
Kaa (a python)
How does Kaa kill his prey?
By hypnotizing and strangling them
Where do the money people take Mowgli?
To the human ruins
Who is the leader of the monkey people?
They have no leader
Mowgli is imprisoned in an abandoned summer home. Whom does he encounter there?
Cobras (aka The Poison People)
What is the name of Mowgli’s adoptive HUMAN mother in the man village?
Messua
Who is the oldest of Mother Wolf’s cubs?
Gray Brother Wolf
Who is the wealthiest man in the village?
Messua’s husband
What job is given to Mowgli in the village?
Buffalo herder
Who is the tiger who most likely killed Messua’s young son?
Shere Khan
Who is Shere Khan’s accomplice (later killed by gray brother)?
Tabaqui
Who arrives to help Mowgli divide the herd of buffalo?
Akela and Gray Brother
Where does Mowgli take Shere Khan’s hide?
To the council rock of the wolf pack
Who are Kotick’s parents?
Sea Catch and Matakah
When Kotick is born, what makes him different from all the other baby seals?
He is born with white fur
What is the name of the seal breading ground on St. Paul Island?
Novastoshnah
Why do the seal hunters refuse to kill Kotick?
They are superstitious about his whiteness. They believe he may be the ghost of a person they have wronged.
What is meant by “holluschickie”?
Bachelors; unmarried seals
Kotick visits Walrus Islet in search of ___________
Sea Vitch, the walrus
How do Kotick’s parents react when he tells them what he saw at the killing grounds?
His parents do not seem surprised or upset. The encourage Kotick to get married and to stop worrying about problems he cannot solve.
Why are humans unable to approach Kotick’s safe island?
The island is surrounded by shoals and steep cliffs that make it inaccessible by ship. Seals and sea cows enter through an underwater tunnel
At the end of the story, Kotick is no longer a white seal but is red from head to toe. How did this happen?
He is covered in blood from fighting the other seals to go to the safe island
Who finds Rikki-Tikki-Tavi after a flood washes him out of his burrow?
A young English boy named Teddy
Who lives in the bungalow?
Teddy and his parents, an English family
What is the name of the muskrat?
Chuchundra
Why are Darzee and his wife (the Tailorbirds) sad?
Their son fell from the nest and was eaten by Nag, the cobra
Who is the wife of Nag the Cobra?
Nagaina (also a cobra, natch)
What have the cobras hidden in the melon bed?
Their eggs
Why do the cobras wish to kill the humans?
They believe that if the humans are gone, the mongoose will move away
What does Darzee’s wife do to get the cobra to chase her?
She pretends to have a broken wing
Who is Chuchundra’s cousin who has information about Nag?
Chua, the rat
Why does Rikki-Tikki-Tavi risk his life to fight the cobras?
He wants to protect Teddy and his parents
How old is Kala Nag?
Nearly seventy years old (he’s an elephant)
Who is Kala Nag’s mother?
Radha Pyari
Who is Little Toomai’s great-grandfather?
Kala Nag’s original rider, also named Toomai
What is Little Toomai’s opinion of Petersen Sahib?
Little Toomai greatly admires Sahib but he barely know him. He venerates Sahib as one would venerate a celebrity
What is Big Toomai’s opinion of Petersen Sahib?
He thinks he is a madman. Big Toomai highly distrusts Petersen Sahib and the entire business of elephant hunting
Song that Toomai’s mother sings to his little brother
Shiv and the Grasshopper
Name of the elephant Petersen Sahib rides
Pudmini
How does Little Toomai convince Petersen Sahib and Machua Appa that the elephants really danced?
Directs them to the recently-trampled area where the elephants danced
How does Machua Appa react to the news that Little Toomai saw the elephants dance?
He praises Toomai’s accomplishment and bestows honors on him
What does Kala Nag mean in Hindi
Black Snake
In “Her Majesty’s Servants” the Viceroy of India meets with ______
The Amir of Afghanistan
The soldiers and animals are gathered in a place called _______
Rawal Pindi
The narrator is forced to leave his tent because of a stampede of _____
Camels
What is the name of the narrator’s fox terrier?
Little Vixen
What is the name of the rider who is loyally served by the troop-horse?
Dick Cunliffe
What type of animal is Billy?
A mule
Who do the camp animals refer to as “two tails”?
The elephant
Which animals are tasked with transporting the screw-guns?
The mules
Why does the camel say he disrupted the camp?
He and the other camels had bad dreams
Who is included in the parade for the Amir?
All thirty-thousand of the Viceroy’s men and their animals march in the parade
Who is the only creature, besides wolves, who is invited to the wolf pack council?
Baloo