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Worksheets"The Most Dangerous Game" Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the setting of the novel?
The Caribbean/ Ship-Trap Island in the 1920s.
Rio Di Janeiro in the 1960s.
Rio Di Janeiro in the 1990s.
How do Rainsford and Whitney feel about hunting?
Whitney has more empathy for the prey.
They both feel the same.
It is unknown because they refuse to talk about it.
What noise did Rainsford hear while swimming to the island?
a man screaming
a canon being shot
a canon being shot
Who was described as a “gigantic man, black bearded to the waist”?
Rainsford
Ivan
Whitney
Zaroff
Although Rainsford thinks the general is a good host, what makes him feel uncomfortable?
The way the general looks at him.
All of the expensive silverware.
All of the animal heads.
The way Ivan looks at him.
What is the conflict of the novel?
Will Rainsford survive the hunt?
Will the general ever leave the island?
Will Ivan hurt Rainsford?
Will Rainsford meet up with Whitney again?
What did the general mean when he said hunting ceased to be a “sporting proposition”?
He became bored with ordinary hunting.
He was questioning whether or not hunting is a real sport.
He wants to stop hunting, but he is addicted to it.
He wants to be able to make more money from hunting.
What will happen to Rainsford if he refuses to take part in the hunt?
He will be placed in a lion’s den.
He will be handed over to Ivan.
He will have to walk the plank.
He will have to work for 20 years.
Why did Rainsford say, “I’ll agree to nothing of the kind”?
Ivan wanted to go back to America with him.
Rainsford was asked not to say anything about the island if he survived.
Rainsford was asked to hunt Ivan.
Rainsford was asked to move in with the general if he survived.
How long does Rainsford have to survive the hunt?
1 night
3 nights
5 nights
1 week
“Then it was that Rainsford knew the full meaning of terror.” What is happening in the story when the narrator makes this statement?
Rainsford realizes that the general hunts men.
Rainsford realizes that the general knows where he is hiding, but it just playing with him.
Rainsford realizes that the general will send the dogs after him.
Rainsford realizes that the general will force him to jump into the water.
What happened with Rainsford’s first trap?
One of the dogs broke a leg.
Ivan got hit in the eye.
The general damaged his shoulder.
The general fell in a hole.
How did Rainsford make his second trap?
He manipulated a tree so that it would spring back.
He built a box and lured the general into it.
He filled a coconut with poison and left it out for the general to eat.
He dug a hole by the quicksand, put spikes in it, and covered it with moss.
What happened with Rainsford’s third trap?
Ivan was poisoned.
The general broke his arm.
Ivan was struck with Rainsford’s knife.
The general was hit with Rainsford’s helmet.
How did Rainsford win?
He swam around the island and snuck into the chateau.
He jumped into the water and swam to the yacht.
He killed the general in the forest.
He raised his hand in surrender and the general let him go.
“When the general and his pack reached the place by the sea, the Cossack stopped. For some minutes he stood regarding the blue-green expanse of water. He shrugged his shoulders. Then be sat down, took a drink of brandy from a silver flask, lit a cigarette, and hummed a bit from Madame Butterfly.” Who is performing the action at the end of this excerpt?
Whitney
Rainsford
General Zaroff
Ivan
“General Zaroff had an exceedingly good dinner in his great paneled dining hall that evening. With it he had a bottle of Pol Roger and half a bottle of Chambertin. Two slight annoyances kept him from perfect enjoyment.” What are the general’s two annoyances?
replacing his favorite dog, and Rainsford getting away
replacing Ivan, and Rainsford getting away
worrying about being discovered, and finding a new gun
becoming bored again, and finding a new game to hunt
Which question is left unanswered?
Where did the general and Ivan come from?
What happened to Ivan?
How did Rainsford kill the general?
Conflict in literature is...
the main idea in the story
is a struggle between opposing characters or forces
the location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place
Theme in literature is...
Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.
The location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place
The character's physical description
Which of these fall under internal conflict?
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Technology
Character vs. Self
Which of these fall under external conflict? Select all that apply...
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Technology
Character vs. Supernatural
All of the information the reader need to know
before the story begins. Who are the characters?
What is the problem? What is the setting?
characters
plot
exposition
The turning point in the story. The tension is
at its highest point in the story.
conflict
climax
falling action
All of the events in the story leading up to the
climax. The tension in the story is building.
falling action
rising action
exposition
All of the events after the climax. The tension
of the story comes down.
conflict
falling action
rising action
How is the problem/conflict in the story
solved?
resolution
exposition
conflict
Who is the protagonist of the story?
Rainsford
Ivan
Zaroff
Whitney
