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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does the Red Flower symbolize in the story?
The danger fire brings to the jungle.
The control human beings have over nature.
The anger the animals feel against man's way of life.
The beauty of the jungle's natural setting.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the main conflict in "Mowgli's Brothers?"
Shere Khan wants to kill Mowgli.
The wolves are afraid of Mowgli.
Akela is growing weaker and will be killed one day.
Mother Wolf stands up to Shere Khan.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Read the excerpt from "Mowgli's Brothers" as Bagheera speaks to Mowgli:
"The others they hate thee because their eyes cannot meet thine; because thou art wise; because thou hast pulled out thorns from their feet—because thou art a man.”
How does Bagheera's statement affect the plot?
It increases Mowgli's determination to get rid of Shere Khan.
It puts Mowgli at risk of being hunted down and killed by Shere Khan.
It causes a strain in the close relationship Mowgli and Bagheera share.
It makes Mowgli decide to leave the pack before he is forced out.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does Shere Khan symbolize in "Mowgli's Brothers"?
freedom of wild animals
judgment and intelligence
leadership and power
lawlessness and disorder
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which quotation from “Mowgli’s Brothers” develops the theme that all societies need rules?
"Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived."
"And he grew and grew strong as a boy must grow who does not now that he is learning any lessons, and who has nothing in the world to think of except things to eat."
"The Law of the Jungle, which never orders anything without a reason, forbids every beast to eat Man except when he is killing to show his children how to kill, and then he must hunt outside the hunting grounds of his pack or tribe."
- 6. Multiple Choice
In "Mowgli's Brothers," Mowgli learns that the pack will turn against him and Akela when the leader of the wolf pack misses his next kill.
How does Mowgli respond to this news?
Mowgli runs to the men's huts and steals fire and takes it back to the jungle to protect himself.
Mowgli rushes to the cave of Mother Wolf to seek her advice on what to do.
Mowgli decides to hide in the men's plowed lands until it is safe for him to return to the jungle.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which best describes how Shere Khan is portrayed?
Then Shere Khan roared: "Bah! What have we to do with this toothless fool? He is doomed to die! It is the man-cub who has lived too long. Free People, he was my meat from the first. Give him to me. I am weary of this man-wolf folly. . . . He is a man, a man's child, and from the marrow of my bones I hate him!"
Shere Khan despises men.
Shere Khan is hungry.
Shere Khan is fearful that the wolf pack will turn against him.
Shere Khan is a powerful and feared hunter.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Read the excerpt from "Tiger – Tiger!"
“Never. I will always remember that I love thee and all in our cave, but also I will always remember that I have been cast out of the pack.”
Which statement best describes how Mowgli is portrayed?
Mowgli is furious at the pack for casting him out and is considering revenge.
Although Mowgli is no longer accepted by the pack, he will always love his mother and brothers.
Mowgli despises the villagers.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Read the excerpt from “Mowgli’s Brothers” as Mother Wolf speaks to Shere Khan:
"He shall live to run with the pack and to hunt with the pack; and in the end, look you, hunter of little naked cubs—frog-eater— fish-killer—he shall hunt thee!"
How does Mother Wolf’s statement develop the plot?
It violates the Law of the Jungle so Mother Wolf will be punished.
It increases the conflict between Shere Khan and Mowgli.
It demonstrates that Mother Wolf will eventually rule the pack.
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