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The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What animals are Whitney & Rainsford going to hunt at the beginning of the story?

a)

Hippos

b)

Elephants

c)

Lions

d)

Jaguars

2.

What is the first indication that Ship-Trap island is inhabited?

a)

A screaming guy

b)

The sound of pistol shots

c)

Whitney screaming

d)

A bomb

3.

What two groups does Rainsford break the world up into while talking with Whitney?

a)

hunter and the hunted

b)

A human and an animal

c)

Friends and Enemies

d)

The rich and the poor

4.

What does Rainsford hear while swimming to the island?

a)

Animals

b)

People

c)

screams, gun shots, & waves crashing

d)

Screaming goats

5.

What does Rainsford & Zaroff have in common?

a)

Face

b)

Nationality

c)

Job

d)

They are both well traveled.

6.

What is the name of Zaroff's servant?

a)

Amr

b)

Dan

c)

Rudy

d)

Ivan

7.

What is Zaroff's military rank?

a)

A Soldier

b)

A General

c)

A Dean

d)

A Captain

8.

In what army did Zaroff hold the rank of general?

a)

The American Army

b)

The Russian Army

c)

The Czar's Army

d)

The Royal Army

9.

How is Zaroff able to finance his life style?

a)

He invested in Russian securities

b)

He invested in an Ukrainian securities

c)

He invested In Dubai's Islamic bank

d)

He invested in American Securities

10.

Where does Zaroff get the people he hunts?

a)

The grocery store

b)

Space

c)

Under the sea

d)

Wrecked ships

11.

Zaroff thinks he is civilized despite his extracurricular activities. This is an example of what literary term?

a)

sarcasm

b)

irony

12.

Who is Lazarus?

a)

An animal Zarrof hunted

b)

Zarrofs slave

c)

Zarrofs dog

d)

Rainsfords driver

13.

How many days must the prey elude Zaroff to survive?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

14.

What does Zaroff promise Rainsford if he is able to stay alive?

a)

He can go to the mainland.

b)

He will give him his dog

c)

He will give him a yacht

15.

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.

a)

make the Malay man-catcher

b)

Kill Zarrof using a gun

c)

dig the Burmese tiger pit

d)

tie the knife to a sapling

16.

After hitting Zaroff in the shoulder with the tree, to what place on the island does Rainsford run?

a)

Chicken paradise

b)

Goat scream

c)

Goose horror

d)

the Death Swamp

17.

Who is killed by the knife attached to the sapling tree?

a)

Zarrof

b)

The dog

c)

Ivan

18.

What happens as a result of Rainsford building the Burmese tiger pit?

a)

Rainsford is killed

b)

A Jaguar is killed

c)

Zarrof is injured

d)

Zaroff's hunting dog is killed

19.

What event is Rainsford reminded of reminded of while digging the pit?

a)

When he was in Africa

b)

When he was in Korea

c)

When he read a book

d)

his time in France during World War I

20.

What does Rainsford finally do to escape Zaroff and the hounds?

a)

He dances

b)

He kills Zarrof

c)

He jumps into the ocean

21.

How do we know that Rainsford won?

a)

We predicted

b)

Its sais so in the story

c)

He celebrated

d)

He sleeps in Zaroff's bed that night

22.

Why is Zaroff disappointed at the end of the story?

a)

He cries

b)

He told Rainsford that he is disappointed

c)

He feels that Rainsford cheated.