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WorksheetsPre-AP Test 2
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 40mins
Which of the following best describes "The Most Dangerous Game"?
a classic struggle between rich and poor
a bitter attack on hunting
a deadly contest between two hunters
a superstitious tale told by sailors
Which of the following identifies the main conflict in :The Most Dangerous Game"?
Rainsford vs. Zaroff
Ivan vs, Zaroff
Rainsford vs, the ocean
Rainsford vs. Ivan
Which of the following best describes General Zaroff's problem before he invents his "game"?
He loves hunting but hates to see animals suffer.
He hates Ivan but needs him for company.
He cares only for hunting, but hunting has begun to bore him.
He hates Rainsford but must be kind to him.
Why does General Zaroff not consider his sport immoral?
He is not responsible for his victim's deaths.
He rescues his victims from a certain death.
He sympathizes with victims and provides them with plenty of good food and exercise.
He believes that the weak were put on earth to give the strong pleasure.
Zaroff tells Rainsford that the visitors on the island always choose to go hunting with him.
What can you infer from this remark?
The visitors like to play Zaroff's game.
They have formed secret plans to escape.
They are willing to take their chances in the hunt rather than be tortured by Ivan.
Zaroff tricks them into believing that the hunt will not hurt them.
Which character in "The Most Dangerous Game" experiences the most important internal conflicts?
Whitney
Zaroff
Ivan
Rainsford
Which of the following describes the main conflict of "The Most Dangerous Game?"
external conflict: Rainsford vs, Zaroff
external conflict: Ivan vs. Zaroff
external conflict: Rainsford vs, the ocean
internal conflict: Rainsford vs. himself
As he tries to escape from Zaroff, Rainsford also struggles to overcome his own feelings of
anger.
lonliness.
honor.
panic.
Based on the inference after his experience, Rainsford changed his perspective on hunting.
True
False
The Most Dangerous Game is a story about greed.
True
False
In the conflict with Rainsford, what factor contributes to Zaroff's defeat?
his own overconfidence
his careless mistakes
his inferior hunting skills
the loss of Ivan
Which of the following is the resolution of the main conflict in "The Most dangerous Game"?
Rainsford appears in Zaroff's bedroom.
Zaroff finds Rainsford's circular trail.
Rainsford dives into the sea.
One of Zaroff's dogs falls into Rainsford's trap.
The word means: able to be felt; easily perceived. The tension during the game was _______________.
Indolently
Palpable
Naive
Scruples
The word means: lazily
The sleepy cat yawned ______________.
Palpable
Indolently
Naive
Scruples
The word means: unsophisticated
How ______ you are to trust everyone you meet.
Palpable
Scruples
Indolently
Naive
The word means: misgivings about something one feels is wrong.
Her _________ prevented her from lying.
Naive
Palpable
Scruples
Indolently
The word means: having a strange, bizarre design, shocking or offensive.
The disease can cause ________ lumps under the skin.
Grotesque
Indolently
Naive
Futile
The word means: useless, helpless
My attempt to catch the mouse with my bare hands proved to be ____________.
Grotesque
Indolently
Futile
Scruples
General Zaroff was intrigued in having a hunting contest with Rainsford?
True
False
This word means: to appear shiny or wet.
Tree branches ________ like glass.
harvest
glazed
livestock
glistened
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.
harvest
glazed
gravel
livestock
This word means any animals kept for use or profit.
Farmers moved their ________ into the barns, and most animals were safe.
livestock
glazed
harvest
gravel
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.
glisten
gravel
harvest
livestock
This word means a disorganized and densely packed crowd.
They couldn't tell how easy it was to see them _______ there.
huddle
blindfold
flush
pounce
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.
huddle
flush
blindfold
pounce
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 __________.
pounce
huddle
blindfold
flush
This word means: to move down on as if in an attack.
To ________ on a pheasant, or to yell Bang!
pounce
huddle
blindfold
flush
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.
pounce
cling
huddle
crouch
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.
pounce
cling
huddle
crouch
In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," what did the boys bring to find the pheasants?
nothing
clubs
bats
rocks
In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," what physically happened to the pheasants?
Their feathers were heavy
Their eyes were frozen shut
They froze to death
They couldn't use their legs
What word did the author of "What Happened During the Ice Storm," use to describe what the farmers did to the pheasants?
hunt
gather
collect
harvest
In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," what did the boys first do when they find the pheasants?
Kicked them
Beat them with clubs
Nothing at all
Tell the farmers they found more birds
In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," where did the farmers find the pheasants?
Roadside ditches
Frozen ponds
In a field
On the roads
In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," what did one of the boys do?
Went home
Covered two of the pheasants
Killed a pheasant
Got in a fight with one of the other boys
In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," the boys first leave to...
harvest pheasants
kill pheasants
save pheasants
find pheasants
In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," which one is not an effects of the freezing rain are.......
Broken tree branches
Snow drifts
Ice thickened windows
Slippery ground
In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," what does the author compare the pheasants to?
children
chickens
eggs
unborn birds
In "What Happened During the Ice Storm," were the livestock safe?
True
False
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.
humble
furrier
shiver
sheen
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.
pretext
ease
impulse
recoil
This word means spring back; spring away from an impact.
She ________, stunned, when she heard the reply.
impulse
resume
recoil
divert
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......
pretext
resume
recoil
provoke
This word means: moving quickly and lightly.
Her legs were agile, her feet ________.
nimble
effortless
harmony
ease
This word means intense or sharp.
All her senses were _________ too....
intense
keen
agile
knife
This word means: move about or proceed hurriedly.
The mouse ________along the floor.
scurry
nimble
ease
divert
This word means: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage.
.....an increase in air pressure that would ________ in rain.
humidity
outskirts
culminate
spectrum
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.
spectrum
imperceptibly
peculiar
tender
This word means: of or relating to cats.
.....smiling at herself in the mirror-a _______smile, it seemed to her.
vast
gnaw
eternal
feline
What job does the main character have?
Socialite
Chef
Model
Bank Clerk
The character is obsessed with the fox fur coat.
True
False
The narrator's face changed to be more.....
rounded and firm
elongated and triangular
skinnier and pointy
muscular and puffy
The narrator thinks her newfound physical abilities are attributed to.......
Better diet
More sleep
Less stress at work
Consistent exercise
What does the main character have a taste for?
Coffee
Strawberry Cake
Meat
Vegetables
What does the main character emotionally develops throughout the text?
Angry to sad
Excited to Depressed
Anxious to Happy
Calm to angry
What happened to the main characters appetite?
It increased
It decreased
It stayed the same
They didn't mention it
What does the word predator most closely mean?
animal that eats other animals
animal that eats plants
animal that scavenges the remains of other animals
animal that relies on other animals to eat
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
joy for the coat
how the coat feels on her
excitement for the coat
the look of the coat
What does the narrator transform into?
A villian
A heroine
An animal
A magic blanket
The word means: not agitated
The drop of the head as she bent over her sewing was curiously________
glance
merely
tranquil
blissful
The word means: allowing light to pass through diffusely.
.....had acquired to wonderful ________quality...
translucent
placid
blissful
content
The word means: calm and free from disturbance.
....the mouth was soft, and the eyes, with their new_______look, seemed larger, darker than before.
translucent
punctual
blissful
placid
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......
content
placid
blissful
puntual
The word means: enjoy to excess
She loved to ________ in the presence of this man...
intent
glance
luxuriate
bewildered
The word means: giving or marked by complete attention to.
She loved the ________, look in his eyes.
intent
bewildered
fetch
luxuriate
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.
intent
amber
bewildered
fetch
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.
intent
amber
bewildered
fetch
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.
bewildered
intent
luxuriate
amber
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.
content
intent
horror
blissful
Mr. Maloney can be characterized as ________.
Honorable and innocent
Disloyal and untrustworthy
Gentlemanly and kind
Totally evil
What is Mrs. Maloney's reaction as her husband gives his "news" to her?
She goes from anger to horror.
She goes from horror to disbelief.
She goes from bliss to fury.
She becomes violent immediately.
Which word does not describe Mrs. Maloney's immediate reaction to realizing she has killed her husband?
remorseful
surprised
clear-minded
shocked
Which pair of words best describes Mrs. Maloney's actions after she kills her husband?
frightened and shocked
light-hearted and funny
careful and honest
resolute and clever
Why does Mrs. Maloney go to see Sam?
She needs vegetables to go with the lamb.
Patrick has decided he wants to eat dinner.
She needs someone such as Sam to be a witness that she was out of the house when the murder was committed.
She doesn't understand that Patrick is already dead.
When Mrs. Maloney returns home from the grocery and see Patrick's dead body on the floor, how does she feel?
She pretends she is very upset.
She literally is upset and shocked and even feels love for him.
She feels indifferent (that is, she couldn't care less).
She feels guilty and forgives him completely for being unfaithful.
What do the policemen and detectives think killed Patrick?
a leg of lamb
a large metal object
knives
Mrs. Maloney
What evidence is there that the police have not ruled out Mrs. Maloney as the murderer?
The police go off to question the grocer about the alibi.
They never suspect her at all.
They check the house for her fingerprints.
They tell her they are looking for the weapon.
Why does Mary Maloney kill her husband Patrick?
He's leaving her
Pregnancy has made her crazy
She's tired of looking after him
She's having an affair
What do the police do with the murder weapon?
They eat it without knowing it is the murder weapon.
They leave it in the garage.
They eat it although they know it is the murder weapon.
Nothing. They never find the spanner.
