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Worksheets"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Rainsford comes to Ship-Trap Island because he
swims to it after accidentally falling overboard
wishes to write an article about Zaroff
wants to bring Zaroff to justice
What is Zaroff's main reason for preferring to hunt human beings?
Hunting men is more challenging.
There is no big game on the island.
He doesn't like to kill innocent creatures.
Zaroff especially welcomes Rainsford because the general
is glad to meet another expert hunter.
wants news about the outside world.
wishes to share his secret with the world.
Rainsford first realizes he is going to be prey when
Zaroff tells him to join the hunt or become Ivan's sport.
Zaroff claims to hunt game that is more dangerous than the Cape buffalo.
Zaroff claims to have invented a new kind of game to hunt.
The best evidence that Zaroff is aware of his own cruelty is that he
says all Cossacks are savage and that he is a Cossack.
makes fun of Rainsford for being afraid.
expalins how he obtains the men he hunts.
Which of the following best describes how Zaroff justifies his hunting of humans?
Only the strong deserve to survive.
Animal life is mor precious than human life.
Individual freedom is more important than humal morality.
Who is dead by the end of the story?
Zaroff, Ivan, and one of Zaroff's best dogs
Rainsford
Zaroff, Ivan and Rainsford
Rainsford finally gets the better of Zaroff when Rainsford
swims to Zaroff's chateau and surprises him.
catches Zaroff in a tiger trap,
signals to a passing boat and is rescued.
The main conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game" is between
a human being and a human evil.
a person and the doubts and fears within himself.
a human being and the forces of nature.
In "The Most Dangerous Game", an unexpected chance landing in Ship-Trap Island puts puts Rainsford in a predicament that he may not escape from. In this sentence the word chance means
tragic
possible
accidental
In "The Most Dangerous Game", an unexpected chance landing in Ship-Trap Island puts puts Rainsford in a predicament that he may not escape from. In this sentence, the word predicament means
problem
castle
game
The ominous name of the island was enough to spook sailors. In this sentence, ominous means
threatening
beautiful
overbearing
They saw the island's frightening name as a prediction of doom, an omen of bad luck. In this sentence, what does omen mean?
sign
response
denial
Readers will see that the island's name foretells trouble in the future. In this sentence, what does foretells mean?
predicts
repeats
intimidaates
In a grotesque game of cat-and-mouse, Rainsford is chased by a merciless hunter. In this sentence, what does grotesque mean?
bizarre
colorfull
active
