‘We are very miserable,’ said Darzee. ‘One of our babies fell out of the nest yesterday, and Nag ate him.’ ‘H’m!’ said Rikki-tikki, ‘that is very sad – but I am a stranger here. Who is Nag?’

Darzee and his wife only cowered down in the nest without answering, for from the thick grass at the foot of the bush there came a low hiss – a horrid cold sound that made Rikki-Tikki jump back two clear feet. Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail.

—“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,”
Rudyard Kipling

Which two text clues help you identify that the conflict will involve Nag?
Select two answers

o the news that Nag ate the birds’ babies
o Rikki-tikki’s identifying himself as a stranger
o the description of Rikki-tikki catching the babies as they fell from the nest
o Darzee and his wife’s hiding in their nest as Nag approaches
o the description of the tall grass