Rikki Tikki Tavi Study Guide 2014-2015 – Flashcards
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conflict
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struggle between two opposing forces
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climax
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turning point or most intense part of a story
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veranda
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open porch with a roof along the outside of a building
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fledgling
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baby bird
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valiant
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brave and determined
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sluice
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drain
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draggled
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wet and dirty, muddy
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cower
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crouch in fear
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consolation
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comfort
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immense
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huge, vast
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The setting of the story
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India many years ago
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How does Rikki Tikki Tavi come to live at Teddy's house?
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a summer flood washed him out of his burrow
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How reader learns about Rikki's character....
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his actions, speech, thought, feelings, and reactions
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The main conflict of the story is...
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Rikki and the cobras
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NOT a source of story conflict...
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Darzee builds his nest high up in a tree
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TRUE statement of conflict...
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Which event causes the war in the story?
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cobras decided to kill Rikki before he kills them
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Darzee the tailorbird is afraid of:
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Nag
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Why does Nag hide in the bathroom?
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He wants to surprise Rikki by attacking him in the house
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If Teddy's father had not used his__________, Rikki-tikki might have ________
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gun, killed
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Rikki's character can be described as
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brave, determined
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Why is Rikki able to fight the large snakes?
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He instinctively knows how to fight them
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The climax of the story...
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Rikki chases Nagaina into her burrow
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Why is it unwise to follow a cobra into a hole?
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the hole might allow the cobra to turn and strike
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Darzee's wife and Nagaina are similar because...
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they take action when their husbands fail
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The resolution of the story shows that...
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Rikki gained experience fighting snakes and changed as he matured and grew
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The event that does NOT help resolve the conflicts....
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Darzee sings a mournful song
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The animal characters seem human because...
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they communicate with one another
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Rikki fighting Nagaina to protect the human family is an example of....
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character vs. character
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Character vs. Character is....
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an external conflict
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Chuchundra being afraid to go out into the middle of the room is an example of...
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character vs. himself
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Character vs. himself is...
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an internal conflict
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Rikki is trying to decide how to go about fighting Nag in the bathroom is...
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character vs self
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Rikki gets washed out of his burrow by a high summer flood....
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character vs nature
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character vs nature is....
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an external conflict