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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a valiant mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. In the beginning of the story, a flood washes Rikki out of his home and into a garden in India owned by an English family, where he comes to live. The main antagonists are two deadly cobras, Nag and his wife Nagaina, who threaten the family. Throughout the story, Rikki bravely battles the cobras to protect his new home and family. In the climax, Rikki engages in an epic fight with Nagaina and ultimately defeats her, turning the tide of the

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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a valiant mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. In the beginning of the story, a flood washes Rikki out of his home and into a garden in India owned by an English family, where he comes to live. The main antagonists are two deadly cobras, Nag and his wife Nagaina, who threaten the family. Throughout the story, Rikki bravely battles the cobras to protect his new home and family. In the climax, Rikki engages in an epic fight with Nagaina and ultimately defeats her, turning the tide of the

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    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a valiant mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. In the beginning of the story, a flood washes Rikki out of his home and into a garden in India owned by an English family, where he comes to live. The main antagonists are two deadly cobras, Nag and his wife Nagaina, who threaten the family. Throughout the story, Rikki bravely battles the cobras to protect his new home and family. In the climax, Rikki engages in an epic fight with Nagaina and ultimately defeats her, turning the tide of the

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    Rikki­Tikki­Tavi, 

    Fiction, Plot, Character Study Guide 
     
    1. What happens that causes Rikki­Tikki­Tavi to go live with Teddy and his family? 
     

    A flood washes Rikki out of his home 
     
    What part of the plot does this event happen (hint: Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Falling Action, 
     
    or Resolution)? 
    Exposition, because it is at the very beginning of the story 
     
     
    2. Who is the main character and Protagonist?  ​
    Rikki­Tikki­Tavi, because he is the hero 
     
    What kind of animal is he/she?  ​
    A mongoose 
     
     
    3. Would you describe Rikki­Tikki­Tavi as selfish or would you describe him as loyal? ​
     Rikki is loyal 
     
    Would you describe him as curious or lazy? ​
     Rikki is very curious 
     
     
    4. What part of the plot do the birds sing happily because the Cobra’s are dead (hint: Exposition, Inciting Incident, 
     
    Rising Action, Falling Action, or Resolution)? 
    Falling Action, because it is after the climax where Rikki killed Nagaina 
     
     
    5. What does the word ​
    revive​
     mean?  ​
    It means “came back to life” 
     
     
    6. When Nag and Nagaina first entered the garden and then slithered away, could you predict that they might come 
    back? ​
     Yes 
     
    Why? ​Because Rikki got the best of that battle and it set up for more fighting  
     
     
     
    7. What part of the plot is used to catch the reader’s attention and get them interested in the story (hint: 
    Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Falling Action, or Resolution)? 
    Inciting Incident 
     
    8. What do you call the time and the place a story takes place? Where does Rikki Tikki Tavi take pace? ​ Setting, 
    India, in a garden  
     
     
    9. What is the turning point of the story called (hint: Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Falling 
     
    Action, or Resolution)? 
    Climax 
     
     Why is it called the turning point?  
     

    Because it is the most intense part of the story; where the conflict is dealt with 
     
     
    10. What does the word ​ mourning ​mean?   ​
    It means “expressing grief” 
     
     
     
       
    11. Who are the antagonist(s) in the story? ​
    Nag and Nagaina 
     
     
    How are they related to each other?  ​
    Nagaina is Nag’s wife 
     
     

          12.  What happened to Karait?  ​
    Rikki killed Karait in the garden 
     
     
    13. What does the word​
     immensely​
     mean?  ​
    It mean’s “a great deal” or “very much” 
     
     
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