Mowgli - Ch. 4
Mowgli - Ch. 4
Mowgli - Ch. 4
4 – questions + answers
1- Describe the ‘Lost City’.
- The city walls were all broken and the houses were falling down.
2- ‘There’s no one in the jungle as wise and clever as we are.’ Who said these
words.
- The chanting of the Monkeys.
3- What did the monkeys ask Mowgli to teach them?
- They asked him how to make a shelter.
5- What did the monkeys ask Mowgli? What was Mowgli’s impression?
- They asked Mowgli not to go away and that they are wonderful. They asked
Mowgli not to leave them.
- Mowgli called them, ‘mad.’
9- What helped Mowgli from Baloo’s lessons - in the fight when he jumped?
- How to land on his feet.
12- What was Baheera’s advice in the fight for the panther?
- To go to the water tank and dive in.
13- What gave Bagheera strength in the fight?
- That Mowgli was safe.
14- ‘Bagheera I’m here, I’m climbing up, wait I’m coming.’ Comment.
- Mowgli said these words, to Bagheera, in the fight with the monkeys.
15- What were the Master words that Bagheera told the Snakes?
- ‘We are of one blood, you and I.’
16- Who was watching the whole battle from the air.
- Mang the bat.
18- Does Baloo’s thick fur protect him from the monkeys’ sharp teeth?
- No, the thick fur doesn’t protect Baloo from the monkeys’ sharp teeth.
20- Kaa warned Mowgli, to take care, for he could mistake him one day, why?
- Kaa could see Mowgli so like the monkeys. He was afraid he might hunt him
when he was changing his skin as he couldn’t see well.
21- What did Mowgli offer Kaa after the battle?
- Whenever he was hungry, Mowgli would offer goats and good hunting.
22- ‘A brave heart and a polite tongue…you will go far in the jungle.’
Comment.
- Kaa said these words to Mowgli after the battle in the Lost City.
- Kaa loved Mowgli’s bravery with the monkey and his generous offer to give
him goats and other hunt to eat.