Rikki Tikki Review Powerpoint
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Remember…
Test WEDNESDAY!
9/10/10
Warm-up: Vocabulary Review
Write one sentence for each of your
vocabulary words. You will have five
sentences when you are finished.
Immensely
Valiant
Gait
Cowered
Consolation
Rikki-tikki-tavi’s conflicts:
What three conflicts did he face? Write the
answers, in order, on your warm-up sheet.
1. Rikki vs. _______________
2. Rikki vs. _______________
3. Rikki vs. _______________
Rikki-tikki-tavi’s conflicts:
What three conflicts has he faced so far?
1. Rikki vs. nature (flood)
2. Rikki vs. Nag and Nagaina
3. Rikki vs. Karait
Question 1
What is a struggle or clash between
opposing characters or opposing
forces?
conflict
Question 2
Why did Rikki think that Nagaina would
be more terrible than five Nags?
She had nothing left to lose.
Question 3
What was the stick that Darzee referred
to?
Bang stick—used by the big man
Question 4
How were the
conflicts in the
garden settled?
Rikki defeated all of
the snakes and was
able to live
peacefully as a
house mongoose.
Question 5
Words to Own:
Definition—enormously
*immensely
Question 6
What is the final conflict, or climax, of
the story?
Rikki defeats Nagaina in the cobra hole.
Question 7
Words to Own:
Definition—crouched and trembled in fear
Cowered
Question 8
Explain how Rikkitikki comes to
Teddy’s home.
He is washed away
from his home and
parents in a summer
flood.
Question 9
Why is it “the hardest thing in the world
to fight a mongoose?”
It is hard to frighten a mongoose
because they are very curious.
Question 10
Words to Own:
Definition—way of walking or running
Gait
Question 11
Whom does Rikki fight in the great war?
He fights Nag, Nagaina, and Karait.
Question 12
Words to Own:
Definition—brave and determined
Valiant
Question 13
Rikki-tikki fights alone, but gets some
help from friends. Who helps him?
(three characters)
Darzee, Chuchundra, Darzee’s wife
Question 14
Words to Own:
Definition—comfort
Consolation
Question 15
What does Rikki-tikki do with Nagaina’s
eggs?
He bites off the top of the eggs and
crushes the young cobras.
Question 16
What is the motto of the mongoose
family?
“ Run and find out.”
Question 17
What is the setting of the story?
*An army base in India.
Question 18
What annoys Rikki-tikki about Darzee?
Rikki is annoyed by his singing and the
fact that Darzee calls him a hero.
Question 19
Name one thing Rikki does to live up to
the mongoose family motto.
Question 20
Who did Nag plan on killing first in the
family’s home?
The big man
Question 21
What do Nagaina and Darzee’s wife
have in common?
They both take action when their
husbands fail.
Question 22
How does the narrator make the animals
seem human?
The narrator explains how the animals in
the garden communicate.