The Jungle Books

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

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

3. If Mowgli needs to swear, what oath does he use? By the broken lock that freed me By the bull that bought me By the Council Rock 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 follows men and watches them he often hunts near the village he was born in captivity

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? Good hunting Brother thy tail hangs down behind Hark O hark, once, twice, and again We be of one blood, ye and I

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

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

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

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? snakes bees a kind of Indian fairy, or genii 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 White Seal The Undertakers On Greenhow Hill Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

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"? Richard Adams Edgar Rice Bourroughs James Barrie L. Frank Baum