WorksheetsThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What animals are Whitney & Rainsford going to hunt at the beginning of the story?
Hippos
Elephants
Lions
Jaguars
What is the first indication that Ship-Trap island is inhabited?
A screaming guy
The sound of pistol shots
Whitney screaming
A bomb
What two groups does Rainsford break the world up into while talking with Whitney?
hunter and the hunted
A human and an animal
Friends and Enemies
The rich and the poor
What does Rainsford hear while swimming to the island?
Animals
People
screams, gun shots, & waves crashing
Screaming goats
What does Rainsford & Zaroff have in common?
Face
Nationality
Job
They are both well traveled.
What is the name of Zaroff's servant?
Amr
Dan
Rudy
Ivan
What is Zaroff's military rank?
A Soldier
A General
A Dean
A Captain
In what army did Zaroff hold the rank of general?
The American Army
The Russian Army
The Czar's Army
The Royal Army
How is Zaroff able to finance his life style?
He invested in Russian securities
He invested in an Ukrainian securities
He invested In Dubai's Islamic bank
He invested in American Securities
Where does Zaroff get the people he hunts?
The grocery store
Space
Under the sea
Wrecked ships
Zaroff thinks he is civilized despite his extracurricular activities. This is an example of what literary term?
sarcasm
irony
Who is Lazarus?
An animal Zarrof hunted
Zarrofs slave
Zarrofs dog
Rainsfords driver
How many days must the prey elude Zaroff to survive?
1
2
3
4
What does Zaroff promise Rainsford if he is able to stay alive?
He can go to the mainland.
He will give him his dog
He will give him a yacht
What is not true?
Of the 5 things Rainsford does to survive, what are the first 3 things he does in the order in which they occurred.
make the Malay man-catcher
Kill Zarrof using a gun
dig the Burmese tiger pit
tie the knife to a sapling
After hitting Zaroff in the shoulder with the tree, to what place on the island does Rainsford run?
Chicken paradise
Goat scream
Goose horror
the Death Swamp
Who is killed by the knife attached to the sapling tree?
Zarrof
The dog
Ivan
What happens as a result of Rainsford building the Burmese tiger pit?
Rainsford is killed
A Jaguar is killed
Zarrof is injured
Zaroff's hunting dog is killed
What event is Rainsford reminded of reminded of while digging the pit?
When he was in Africa
When he was in Korea
When he read a book
his time in France during World War I
What does Rainsford finally do to escape Zaroff and the hounds?
He dances
He kills Zarrof
He jumps into the ocean
How do we know that Rainsford won?
We predicted
Its sais so in the story
He celebrated
He sleeps in Zaroff's bed that night
Why is Zaroff disappointed at the end of the story?
He cries
He told Rainsford that he is disappointed
He feels that Rainsford cheated.
