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