Transcription of “Rikki Tikki Tavi” - Seneca Valley School District
1 Name: _____ English Period: _____ Date: _____ rikki Tikki tavi Part 1 Comprehension Questions Directions: Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES. 1. What important details about the mongoose are revealed in the exposition? A summer flood washed him into the garden; mongoose are curious and energetic creatures. 2. What is the setting? Segowlee cantonment, India, the garden, the home of the English family. 3. Based on the parents thoughts about rikki , what do you predict will happen in the story? rikki will stay with the family and protect them. 4. Who is rikki Tikki tavi , and how does he meet Teddy? He is a mongoose. Teddy finds him in the garden after a flood washes him in. 5. When does rikki first meet the cobras? In the garden after hearing Darzee tell of how Nag ate one of his babies. Why is rikki unafraid of fighting the Cobras? He instinctively knows how to fight them. 6. What happens when rikki meets Karait? He kills him and saves Teddy.
2 He doesn t eat him, as is the custom, because he wants to stay thin and quick/fast. A big meal would slow him. What does this meeting do for rikki ? It gives him confidence. 7. What is Nag and Nagaina s plan to get control of the bungalow? Wait in the bathroom, kill the people, and then rikki Tikki will leave because there are no more people.
