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Pre-AP Test 2

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 40mins

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1.

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

a)

a classic struggle between rich and poor

b)

a bitter attack on hunting

c)

a deadly contest between two hunters

d)

a superstitious tale told by sailors

2.

Which of the following identifies the main conflict in :The Most Dangerous Game"?

a)

Rainsford vs. Zaroff

b)

Ivan vs, Zaroff

c)

Rainsford vs, the ocean

d)

Rainsford vs. Ivan

3.

Which of the following best describes General Zaroff's problem before he invents his "game"?

a)

He loves hunting but hates to see animals suffer.

b)

He hates Ivan but needs him for company.

c)

He cares only for hunting, but hunting has begun to bore him.

d)

He hates Rainsford but must be kind to him.

4.

Why does General Zaroff not consider his sport immoral?

a)

He is not responsible for his victim's deaths.

b)

He rescues his victims from a certain death.

c)

He sympathizes with victims and provides them with plenty of good food and exercise.

d)

He believes that the weak were put on earth to give the strong pleasure.

5.

Zaroff tells Rainsford that the visitors on the island always choose to go hunting with him.

What can you infer from this remark?

a)

The visitors like to play Zaroff's game.

b)

They have formed secret plans to escape.

c)

They are willing to take their chances in the hunt rather than be tortured by Ivan.

d)

Zaroff tricks them into believing that the hunt will not hurt them.

6.

Which character in "The Most Dangerous Game" experiences the most important internal conflicts?

a)

Whitney

b)

Zaroff

c)

Ivan

d)

Rainsford

7.

Which of the following describes the main conflict of "The Most Dangerous Game?"

a)

external conflict: Rainsford vs, Zaroff

b)

external conflict: Ivan vs. Zaroff

c)

external conflict: Rainsford vs, the ocean

d)

internal conflict: Rainsford vs. himself

8.

As he tries to escape from Zaroff, Rainsford also struggles to overcome his own feelings of

a)

anger.

b)

lonliness.

c)

honor.

d)

panic.

9.

Based on the inference after his experience, Rainsford changed his perspective on hunting.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Most Dangerous Game is a story about greed.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

In the conflict with Rainsford, what factor contributes to Zaroff's defeat?

a)

his own overconfidence

b)

his careless mistakes

c)

his inferior hunting skills

d)

the loss of Ivan

12.

Which of the following is the resolution of the main conflict in "The Most dangerous Game"?

a)

Rainsford appears in Zaroff's bedroom.

b)

Zaroff finds Rainsford's circular trail.

c)

Rainsford dives into the sea.

d)

One of Zaroff's dogs falls into Rainsford's trap.

13.

The word means: able to be felt; easily perceived. The tension during the game was _______________.

a)

Indolently

b)

Palpable

c)

Naive

d)

Scruples

14.

The word means: lazily

The sleepy cat yawned ______________.

a)

Palpable

b)

Indolently

c)

Naive

d)

Scruples

15.

The word means: unsophisticated

How ______ you are to trust everyone you meet.

a)

Palpable

b)

Scruples

c)

Indolently

d)

Naive

16.

The word means: misgivings about something one feels is wrong.

Her _________ prevented her from lying.

a)

Naive

b)

Palpable

c)

Scruples

d)

Indolently

17.

The word means: having a strange, bizarre design, shocking or offensive.

The disease can cause ________ lumps under the skin.

a)

Grotesque

b)

Indolently

c)

Naive

d)

Futile

18.

The word means: useless, helpless

My attempt to catch the mouse with my bare hands proved to be ____________.

a)

Grotesque

b)

Indolently

c)

Futile

d)

Scruples

19.

General Zaroff was intrigued in having a hunting contest with Rainsford?

a)

True

b)

False

20.

This word means: to appear shiny or wet.

Tree branches ________ like glass.

a)

harvest

b)

glazed

c)

livestock

d)

glistened

21.

This word means: the gathering of a ripened crop.

Some farmers went ice-skating down the ________ roads with clubs to harvest the pheasants that sat helplessly in the roadside ditches.

a)

harvest

b)

glazed

c)

gravel

d)

livestock

22.

This word means any animals kept for use or profit.

Farmers moved their ________ into the barns, and most animals were safe.

a)

livestock

b)

glazed

c)

harvest

d)

gravel

23.

This word means: rock fragments and pebbles.

Some farmers went ice-skating down the gravel roads with clubs to ________ the pheasants that sat helplessly in the roadside ditches.

a)

glisten

b)

gravel

c)

harvest

d)

livestock

24.

This word means a disorganized and densely packed crowd.

They couldn't tell how easy it was to see them _______ there.

a)

huddle

b)

blindfold

c)

flush

d)

pounce

25.

This word means: a cloth used to cover the eyes.

Some of them lifted their heads and turned them from side to side, but they were _______ with ice and didn't flush.

a)

huddle

b)

flush

c)

blindfold

d)

pounce

26.

This word means rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid.

Some of them lifted their heads and turned them from side to side, but they were blindfolded with ice and didn't __________.

a)

pounce

b)

huddle

c)

blindfold

d)

flush

27.

This word means: to move down on as if in an attack.

To ________ on a pheasant, or to yell Bang!

a)

pounce

b)

huddle

c)

blindfold

d)

flush

28.

This word means: the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body.

He covered two of the ________ pheasants with his coat, rounding the back of it over them like a shell.

a)

pounce

b)

cling

c)

huddle

d)

crouch

29.

This word means: hold on tightly or tenaciously.

They ran across the slippery fields, unsure of their footing, the ice ________to their skin as they made their way toward the blurry lights of the house.

a)

pounce

b)

cling

c)

huddle

d)

crouch

30.

In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," what did the boys bring to find the pheasants?

a)

nothing

b)

clubs

c)

bats

d)

rocks

31.

In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," what physically happened to the pheasants?

a)

Their feathers were heavy

b)

Their eyes were frozen shut

c)

They froze to death

d)

They couldn't use their legs

32.

What word did the author of "What Happened During the Ice Storm," use to describe what the farmers did to the pheasants?

a)

hunt

b)

gather

c)

collect

d)

harvest

33.

In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," what did the boys first do when they find the pheasants?

a)

Kicked them

b)

Beat them with clubs

c)

Nothing at all

d)

Tell the farmers they found more birds

34.

In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," where did the farmers find the pheasants?

a)

Roadside ditches

b)

Frozen ponds

c)

In a field

d)

On the roads

35.

In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," what did one of the boys do?

a)

Went home

b)

Covered two of the pheasants

c)

Killed a pheasant

d)

Got in a fight with one of the other boys

36.

In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," the boys first leave to...

a)

harvest pheasants

b)

kill pheasants

c)

save pheasants

d)

find pheasants

37.

In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," which one is not an effects of the freezing rain are.......

a)

Broken tree branches

b)

Snow drifts

c)

Ice thickened windows

d)

Slippery ground

38.

In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," what does the author compare the pheasants to?

a)

children

b)

chickens

c)

eggs

d)

unborn birds

39.

In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," were the livestock safe?

a)

True

b)

False

40.

This word means someone who makes or sells garments made of animal pelts.

On her way home one day; a humble bank clerk happened to see a red fox fur coat in a ________ shop window.

a)

humble

b)

furrier

c)

shiver

d)

sheen

41.

This word means an impelling force or strength.

The shop was closed at the time, as she discovered when, giving in to the ________ to enter, she pushed at the door.

a)

pretext

b)

ease

c)

impulse

d)

recoil

42.

This word means spring back; spring away from an impact.

She ________, stunned, when she heard the reply.

a)

impulse

b)

resume

c)

recoil

d)

divert

43.

This word means: provide the needed stimulus for

It would be admired, as would she, people would turn to stare after her, but it was this that ________ a secret smile......

a)

pretext

b)

resume

c)

recoil

d)

provoke

44.

This word means: moving quickly and lightly.

Her legs were agile, her feet ________.

a)

nimble

b)

effortless

c)

harmony

d)

ease

45.

This word means intense or sharp.

All her senses were _________ too....

a)

intense

b)

keen

c)

agile

d)

knife

46.

This word means: move about or proceed hurriedly.

The mouse ________along the floor.

a)

scurry

b)

nimble

c)

ease

d)

divert

47.

This word means: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage.

.....an increase in air pressure that would ________ in rain.

a)

humidity

b)

outskirts

c)

culminate

d)

spectrum

48.

This word means: in a manner that is difficult to discern.

......and which she could draw together or separate out, sniffing the wind, _______ lifting her head.

a)

spectrum

b)

imperceptibly

c)

peculiar

d)

tender

49.

This word means: of or relating to cats.

.....smiling at herself in the mirror-a _______smile, it seemed to her.

a)

vast

b)

gnaw

c)

eternal

d)

feline

50.

What job does the main character have?

a)

Socialite

b)

Chef

c)

Model

d)

Bank Clerk

51.

The character is obsessed with the fox fur coat.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

The narrator's face changed to be more.....

a)

rounded and firm

b)

elongated and triangular

c)

skinnier and pointy

d)

muscular and puffy

53.

The narrator thinks her newfound physical abilities are attributed to.......

a)

Better diet

b)

More sleep

c)

Less stress at work

d)

Consistent exercise

54.

What does the main character have a taste for?

a)

Coffee

b)

Strawberry Cake

c)

Meat

d)

Vegetables

55.

What does the main character emotionally develops throughout the text?

a)

Angry to sad

b)

Excited to Depressed

c)

Anxious to Happy

d)

Calm to angry

56.

What happened to the main characters appetite?

a)

It increased

b)

It decreased

c)

It stayed the same

d)

They didn't mention it

57.

What does the word predator most closely mean?

a)

animal that eats other animals

b)

animal that eats plants

c)

animal that scavenges the remains of other animals

d)

animal that relies on other animals to eat

58.

This statement..."....more fiery, like red flames that did not burn, were soft in her body, like a thick, ample enfolding skin that moved when she moved,,,," refers to her

a)

joy for the coat

b)

how the coat feels on her

c)

excitement for the coat

d)

the look of the coat

59.

What does the narrator transform into?

a)

A villian

b)

A heroine

c)

An animal

d)

A magic blanket

60.

The word means: not agitated

The drop of the head as she bent over her sewing was curiously________

a)

glance

b)

merely

c)

tranquil

d)

blissful

61.

The word means: allowing light to pass through diffusely.

.....had acquired to wonderful ________quality...

a)

translucent

b)

placid

c)

blissful

d)

content

62.

The word means: calm and free from disturbance.

....the mouth was soft, and the eyes, with their new_______look, seemed larger, darker than before.

a)

translucent

b)

punctual

c)

blissful

d)

placid

63.

The word means: satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.

....the first drink, was finished, and she, on her side, was ________to sit quietly......

a)

content

b)

placid

c)

blissful

d)

puntual

64.

The word means: enjoy to excess

She loved to ________ in the presence of this man...

a)

intent

b)

glance

c)

luxuriate

d)

bewildered

65.

The word means: giving or marked by complete attention to.

She loved the ________, look in his eyes.

a)

intent

b)

bewildered

c)

fetch

d)

luxuriate

66.

The word means: go or come after and bring or take back.

He paused a moment, leaning forward in the chair, then he got up and went slowly over to ________himself another.

a)

intent

b)

amber

c)

bewildered

d)

fetch

67.

The word means: of a medium to dark brownish yellow color.

When he came back, she noticed that the new drink was dark ________with the quantity of whisky in it.

a)

intent

b)

amber

c)

bewildered

d)

fetch

68.

The word means: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements.

She lowered herself back slowly into the chair, watching him all the time with those large, ________eyes.

a)

bewildered

b)

intent

c)

luxuriate

d)

amber

69.

The word means: intense and profound fear.

....watching him with a kind of dazed ________as he went further and further away from her with each word.

a)

content

b)

intent

c)

horror

d)

blissful

70.

Mr. Maloney can be characterized as ________.

a)

Honorable and innocent

b)

Disloyal and untrustworthy

c)

Gentlemanly and kind

d)

Totally evil

71.

What is Mrs. Maloney's reaction as her husband gives his "news" to her?

a)

She goes from anger to horror.

b)

She goes from horror to disbelief.

c)

She goes from bliss to fury.

d)

She becomes violent immediately.

72.

Which word does not describe Mrs. Maloney's immediate reaction to realizing she has killed her husband?

a)

remorseful

b)

surprised

c)

clear-minded

d)

shocked

73.

Which pair of words best describes Mrs. Maloney's actions after she kills her husband?

a)

frightened and shocked

b)

light-hearted and funny

c)

careful and honest

d)

resolute and clever

74.

Why does Mrs. Maloney go to see Sam?

a)

She needs vegetables to go with the lamb.

b)

Patrick has decided he wants to eat dinner.

c)

She needs someone such as Sam to be a witness that she was out of the house when the murder was committed.

d)

She doesn't understand that Patrick is already dead.

75.

When Mrs. Maloney returns home from the grocery and see Patrick's dead body on the floor, how does she feel?

a)

She pretends she is very upset.

b)

She literally is upset and shocked and even feels love for him.

c)

She feels indifferent (that is, she couldn't care less).

d)

She feels guilty and forgives him completely for being unfaithful.

76.

What do the policemen and detectives think killed Patrick?

a)

a leg of lamb

b)

a large metal object

c)

knives

d)

Mrs. Maloney

77.

What evidence is there that the police have not ruled out Mrs. Maloney as the murderer?

a)

The police go off to question the grocer about the alibi.

b)

They never suspect her at all.

c)

They check the house for her fingerprints.

d)

They tell her they are looking for the weapon.

78.

Why does Mary Maloney kill her husband Patrick?

a)

He's leaving her

b)

Pregnancy has made her crazy

c)

She's tired of looking after him

d)

She's having an affair

79.

What do the police do with the murder weapon?

a)

They eat it without knowing it is the murder weapon.

b)

They leave it in the garage.

c)

They eat it although they know it is the murder weapon.

d)

Nothing. They never find the spanner.