The Most Dangerous Game

Which best describes the theme of The Most Dangerous Game?

• The tables can turn at any time.

• Friends can come together in unexpected places.

• Revenge is always the answer.

• Never underestimate your family.

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Which of the following best describes the climax of The Most Dangerous Game?

• When Rainsford first finds himself shipwrecked

• When Rainsford runs into Zaroff

• When Zaroff explains that he enjoys hunting people as sport

• When Rainsford jumps into the water to make his final escape

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True or False: Rainsford survives the hunt.

• True

• False

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Which of the following statements is the BEST example of foreshadowing how the story might go/end?

• The conversation about the island, including the mention of a dangerous feeling and cannibals.
• The fact that Rainsford smokes a pipe and he loses it
• The fact that Ivan does not speak to Rainsford when he knocks on the door
• Rainsford’s swim in the Caribbean Sea toward the island 

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Identify the TWO meanings of the word "game" in the title "The Most Dangerous Game."

• Prey

• Meat

• Equipment

• Competition

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How does Rainsford escape Zaroff and the dogs?

• He jumps off of a cliff

• He starts a fire

• He flies

• He swims under a bridge

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Which of the following statements is the best example of foreshadowing in the story?

• The fact that Rainsford smokes a pipe foreshadows his death.

• Whitney’s tales of Ship-Trap Island foreshadows danger.

• The fact that Ivan does not speak foreshadows the story of Ivan’s youth

• Rainsford’s construction of traps foreshadows that he is an expert hunter.

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Who said, “You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?”

• Whitney

• Rainsford

• Zaroff

• Ivan

Who said, “I wanted the ideal animal to hunt. So I said, ‘What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?’ And the answer was, of course, ‘It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason”?

• Whitney

• Rainsford

• Zaroff

Who said, "The old charts call it 'Ship Trap Island'"?

• Whitney

• Rainsford

• Zaroff