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NAME: ___________________________________________________________________
CLASS: ___________________________ ROLL: ______________ SEC: _________________
TITLE: _____________________________________________________________________

A. Fill in the blanks:

(1) Who? ______________ was a mongoose. One day, a high summer flood

washed him out of the burrow where he lived with (2) Whom?

______________ and carried him (3) Where? ______________ . He

found a little wisp of grass floating there, and clung to it till he lost his

senses. When he revived, he was lying in the hot sun on the (4) Where?

______________ . A small boy thought him to be dead and was planning

to bury him. The boy’s mother stopped him and suggested that they

should dry the animal. A big man picked the mongoose up between his

finger and thumb and told (5) What? ______________. So they, (6)

What did they do? ______________ . After that, the mongoose opened

his eyes and sneezed. Rikki Rikki was a true mongoose (7) Why?

______________ . He ran all round the table and jumped on the small

boy’s shoulder. They gave him a little piece of raw meat. When it was

finished, he went into the veranda and (8) What did he do?

______________ . Rikki-tikki , the mongoose spent all that day roaming

over the house and nearly drowned himself in the bathtubs. Rikki put his

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nose into the ink on a writing table, and burned it on the end of the big

man’s cigar. (9) How? ______________ . At night, he ran into Teddy’s

nursery (10) Why? ______________ .When the small boy, Teddy, went

to bed, Rikki Tikki also climbed up. As Rikki was restless, he had to get up

at night and (11) What? ______________ . Teddy’s mother was worried

because (12) Why? ______________ . Teddy’s father assured her that

their child will be safe if Rikki is by his side (13) Why? ______________ .

B. Answer these questions with reference to the context.

1. When he revived, he was lying in the hot sun on the middle of the
garden path, very draggled indeed, …
a. Who is being talked about?

b. From what did he revive?

c. Why was he draggled?

d. Who were the people round him?

2. ‘Don’t be frightened, Teddy,’ said his father. ‘That’s his way of making
friends.’
a. Who is Teddy?
b. Why was he frightened?
c. What did his father tell him?
d. What did Teddy’s mother think of Rikki-tikki-tavi?
3. When Teddy went to bed, Rikki-tikki climbed up too. But he was a
restless companion.
a. How did Rikki-tikki spend his day at Teddy’s home?

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b. What did Teddy’s father tell him about the mongoose?

c. Why is he called a restless companion?
d. What was Teddy’s mother afraid of?

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