THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME

Which is the point of view of the novel?

• 1st person

• 3rd person objective

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the effect of the description of Ship-Trap Island?

• It makes Rainsford motivated to explore it

• It changes the mood to be eerie and mysterious

• It causes a flashback to Rainsford’s childhood

• It is an indication of Rainsford’s superiority

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How do Rainsford and Whitney feel about hunting?

• They both feel the same

• Whitney has more empathy for the prey

• Rainsford has more empathy for the prey

• It is unknown because they refuse to talk about it

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

What is the setting of the novel?

• The Caribbean in the 1900s

• Rio Di Janeiro in the 1960s

• The East Indies in the 1600s

• Rio Di Janeiro in the 1990s

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

“The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies; then they were blotted out entirely by the night.” What is being compared with the metaphor in this sentence?

• the lights to the night

• the yacht to fireflies

• the lights to fireflies

• the fireflies to the night

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What noise did Rainsford hear while swimming to the island?

• a man screaming

• a lion roaring

• a canon being shot

• a bird flapping in the breeze

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Who was described as a “gigantic man, black-bearded to the waist”?

• Rainsford

• Whitney

• Ivan

• General Zaroff

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“Rainsford, reclining in a steamer chair, indolently puffed on his favorite brier.” What does “indolently” mean?

• innocently

• lazily

• angrily

• frantically

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

“He struggled up to the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face and the saltwater in his open mouth made him gag and strangle.” Which figurative language device is being used here?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Assonance

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Why did General Zaroff recognize Rainsford’s name?

• He invited him to the island

• Ivan told him all about Rainsford

• He read about his Rio Di Janeiro adventure last year

• He read his book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4