Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Fiction, Plot, Character Study Guide

  1. What happens that causes Rikki-Tikki-Tavi to go live with Teddy and his family?

What part of the plot does this event happen (hint: Exposition, Narrative Hook, Rising Action, Falling Action, or Resolution)?

  1. Who is the main character and Protagonist?

What kind of animal is he/she?

  1. Would you describe Rikki-Tikki-Tavi as selfish or would you describe him as loyal?

Would you describe him as curious or lazy?

  1. What part of the plot do the birds sing happily because the Cobra’s are dead (hint: Exposition, Narrative Hook, Rising Action, Falling Action, or Resolution)?
  1. What does the word revive mean?
  1. When Nag and Nagaina first entered the garden and then slithered away, could you predict that they might come back?

Why?

  1. What are the three types of Fiction (hint: the first one is novel)?
  1. What part of the plot is used to catch the reader’s attention and get them interested in the story (hint: Exposition, Narrative Hook, Rising Action, Falling Action, or Resolution)?
  1. What do you call the time and the place a story takes place?
  1. What is the turning point of the story called(hint: Exposition, Narrative Hook, Rising Action, Falling Action, or Resolution)?

Why is it called the turning point?

  1. What do you call a character we learn a lot about in a story?
  1. What do you call a character we know little about (Hint: remember the paper doll)?

13. What does the word mourning mean?

14.  Who are the antagonist(s) in the story?

How are they related to each other?

15.  List the 5 Methods of Characterization (hint: remember the I S-A-W A character?

16. What happened to Karait?

17. When a mongoose’s tail gets all fluffed up like a ‘bottlebrush’, does it mean he is brave or curious?

16.  Whose baby gets eaten by Nag?

What conflict did this introduce when Rikki defends Darzee’s nest?

17.  What does the word immensely mean?

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