"The Most Dangerous Game" Pop Quiz

What is the title of the short story? (Be sure to write it properly!)

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Who is the author of the short story?

• Richard Connell

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Sangor Rainsford

• William Shakespeare

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which point-of-view is the story told in?

• 3rd Person

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 1st and 3rd Person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who are the first two characters introduced into the short story?

• Whitney and Rainsford

• the narrator and the old man

• Edgar and Rainsford

• Whitney and Edgar

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Where are the two characters headed?

• The Amazon; Rio

• Ship-Trap Island

• the jungle

• an abandoned island

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What big game are the two characters going to hunt?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

At the beginning of the story, what is the setting?

• night; Caribbean Sea

• morning; Caribbean Sea

• night; Ship-Trap Island

• night; Rio

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

As they are sailing through the ocean, Rainsford stated, “Ugh! It’s like moist black velvet.”

What was he referring to?

• Everything around them was completely dark and the air was moist.

• Their yacht was made out of black velvet.

• The island to the right of them looked dark and scary.

• He was referring to the fur of a jaguar.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Whitney states, “Off there to the right—somewhere—is a large island...”

What island is Whitney talking about?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which character made the claim, "Who cares how a jaguar feels?”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3