Karait
Darzee
Exposition
speed, agility, and sharp teeth
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Nagaina
Rikki may bite him
Nag and Nagaina are dead and they used to eat the frogs and birds
Climax
he doesn't want to get fat or be too full because he still has to deal with Nag and Nagaina
Resolution
Falling Action
Darzee
so Rikki will leave
Teddy's mother
Darzee
Rikki and the cobras
the town crier, announce news
Darzee's Wife
Rikki-tikki-tavi
a mongoose is born to kill snakes and he wants to protect his family
Teddy's father
Rising Action
his own children are born from similar eggs
Chua
What is the name of Chucundra's cousin?
Who is often described as bottlebrushy?
Why doesn't Teddy's mother want Rikki to sleep in bed with Teddy?
Who helped Rikki during his main fight with Nagaina?
Why do Nag and Nagaina want to kill the English family?
Who is known as the big man?
What assets or skills help a mongoose defeat a snake?
wicked and vengeful
Why does Rikki kill the snakes?
“and in the dark he ran up against Chuchundra the muskrat, creeping round by the wall.”
Who is a male tailorbird?
curious
Who warns Rikki when Nagaina tries to sneak up on him?
Why Darzee doesn' want Rikki to crush Nagaina's eggs?
“Rikki-tikki had a right to be proud of himself; but he did not grow too proud, and he kept that garden as a mongoose should keep it.”
What is the job of the Coppersmith?
“Tell the Coppersmith, Darzee, and he will tell the garden that Nagaina is dead.”
foolish and not helpful
suprisingly more deadly and dangerous than a cobra
overly protective and worries a lot
“This is the story of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought, single-handed, through the bathrooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment.”
Why won't Rikki eat all of Karait after he kills him?
“and just as he got to the most touching part the grass quivered again, and Rikki-tikki, covered with dirt, dragged himself out of the hole leg by leg, licking his whiskers”
Why do the frogs and birds celebrate?
Who is the main conflict between in the story?
