The Jungle Books

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1. What does the name "Mowgli" mean? one who fights man-cub frog tiger

2. Who speak(s) for Mowgli at the 'looking-over' at the Council Rock, when he is adopted into the wolf-pack? Baloo and Bagheera Shere Khan Mother and Father Wolf Kaa

3. If Mowgli needs to swear, what oath does he use? By the bull that bought me By the Council Rock By the broken lock that freed me By the teeth and claws of my fathers

4. Why does Bagheera consider himself something of an expert among the animals on matters pertaining to Man? he has killed so many men he was born in captivity he often hunts near the village he follows men and watches them

5. When the Bandar-log (monkey people) steal Mowgli, where do they take him? to the village to the Cold Lairs to the river to the Seeonee hills

6. What are the Master Words that Mowgli uses to get help from Chil the Kite and from the Poison-People during his adventure with the monkeys? We be of one blood, ye and I Hark O hark, once, twice, and again Good hunting Brother thy tail hangs down behind

7. When Mowgli has killed Shere Khan, and returns to the village, what is he greeted by? stones and curses the police cheers Buldeo prostrates himself before him

8. In "Letting in the Jungle", who is Mowgli's chief ally in his destruction of the village? Hathi Raksha Baloo Grey Brother

9. Who guards the treasure chamber where Mowgli finds the King's Ankus? the white cobra bees a Hindu god Kaa

10. From whom did Mowgli get the idea for how to defeat the Dhole, the Red Dogs? Bagheera Kaa Buldeo Akela

11. Who are "The Little People of the Rocks", who Mowgli uses against the Red Dogs? bees a kind of Indian fairy, or genii snakes a neighbouring wolf pack

12. Does Akela survive the battle with the Red Dogs in the river? Yes No

13. Does Mowgli appear in any other of Kipling's works besides "The Jungle Books"? Yes No

14. "The Jungle Books" are more than just Mowgli. Which of these stories does not appear in "The Jungle Books"? The Undertakers On Greenhow Hill Rikki-Tikki-Tavi The White Seal

15. Which author is Kipling referring to when he writes "He had 'jazzed' the motif of the "Jungle Books" and, I imagine, had thoroughly enjoyed himself"? Edgar Rice Bourroughs James Barrie Richard Adams L. Frank Baum