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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rainsford comes to Ship-Trap Island because he

a)

swims to it after accidentally falling overboard

b)

wishes to write an article about Zaroff

c)

wants to bring Zaroff to justice

2.

What is Zaroff's main reason for preferring to hunt human beings?

a)

Hunting men is more challenging.

b)

There is no big game on the island.

c)

He doesn't like to kill innocent creatures.

3.

Zaroff especially welcomes Rainsford because the general

a)

is glad to meet another expert hunter.

b)

wants news about the outside world.

c)

wishes to share his secret with the world.

4.

Rainsford first realizes he is going to be prey when

a)

Zaroff tells him to join the hunt or become Ivan's sport.

b)

Zaroff claims to hunt game that is more dangerous than the Cape buffalo.

c)

Zaroff claims to have invented a new kind of game to hunt.

5.

The best evidence that Zaroff is aware of his own cruelty is that he

a)

says all Cossacks are savage and that he is a Cossack.

b)

makes fun of Rainsford for being afraid.

c)

expalins how he obtains the men he hunts.

6.

Which of the following best describes how Zaroff justifies his hunting of humans?

a)

Only the strong deserve to survive.

b)

Animal life is mor precious than human life.

c)

Individual freedom is more important than humal morality.

7.

Who is dead by the end of the story?

a)

Zaroff, Ivan, and one of Zaroff's best dogs

b)

Rainsford

c)

Zaroff, Ivan and Rainsford

8.

Rainsford finally gets the better of Zaroff when Rainsford

a)

swims to Zaroff's chateau and surprises him.

b)

catches Zaroff in a tiger trap,

c)

signals to a passing boat and is rescued.

9.

The main conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game" is between

a)

a human being and a human evil.

b)

a person and the doubts and fears within himself.

c)

a human being and the forces of nature.

10.

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

a)

tragic

b)

possible

c)

accidental

11.

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

a)

problem

b)

castle

c)

game

12.

The ominous name of the island was enough to spook sailors. In this sentence, ominous means

a)

threatening

b)

beautiful

c)

overbearing

13.

They saw the island's frightening name as a prediction of doom, an omen of bad luck. In this sentence, what does omen mean?

a)

sign

b)

response

c)

denial

14.

Readers will see that the island's name foretells trouble in the future. In this sentence, what does foretells mean?

a)

predicts

b)

repeats

c)

intimidaates

15.

In a grotesque game of cat-and-mouse, Rainsford is chased by a merciless hunter. In this sentence, what does grotesque mean?

a)

bizarre

b)

colorfull

c)

active