WorksheetsThe Most Dangerous Game
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the protagonist of the story?
a)
Whitney
b)
General Zaroff
c)
Rainsford
d)
Ivan
2.
What is the name of the island that Rainsford adventures upon?
a)
Ship-Trap Island
b)
Trap-House Island
c)
Cannibal Island
d)
Caribbean Island
3.
How does Rainsford end up on the island?
a)
He jumps out an airplane and skydives to the island
b)
He takes a bridge to the island
c)
He falls of a ship and swims to the island
d)
He teleports to the island
4.
Who "greets" Rainsford at the door of the mansion with a gun pointing at him?
a)
General Zaroff
b)
Captain Archboot
c)
A pirate
d)
Ivan
5.
What "sport" does General Zaroff do on the island he stays on?
a)
Football
b)
Hunting Humans
c)
Golf
d)
Arm Wrestling
6.
What is the climax of the story? (HINT - The point of no return)
a)
When the hunt begins
b)
When Ivan dies
c)
When Rainsford falls off the ship
d)
When Rainsford dives off the cliff
7.
What activity is mentioned that Rainsford has previous experience in?
a)
Football
b)
Track and Field
c)
Hunting
d)
Sleeping
8.
Who ended up sleeping in General Zaroff's bed at the end of the story?
a)
Whitney
b)
General Zaroff
c)
Rainsford
d)
Ivan
9.
General Zaroff first comes to his island after —
a)
swimming to it when his ship sank
b)
being stranded on it by his crew
c)
buying it in order to build his château
d)
inheriting it from his father
10.
Rainsford comes to the island because he —
a)
swims to it after accidentally falling overboard
b)
wishes to write an article about Zaroff
c)
wants to prove that Zaroff can’t successfully hunt him
d)
wants to bring the evil Zaroff to justice
11.
What is Zaroff’s main reason for preferring to hunt human beings rather than animals?
a)
There is no other big game on his island.
b)
He doesn’t like to kill innocent creatures.
c)
He hates humanity and wants to take revenge against it.
d)
Hunting men is more of a challenge than hunting beasts.
12.
Rainsford finally gets the better of Zaroff when Rainsford —
a)
swims to Zaroff’s château and surprises him
b)
kills Ivan, leaving Zaroff defenseless
c)
catches Zaroff in a tiger trap made from a bent sapling
d)
signals to a passing boat that helps him escape
13.
Rainsford first realizes he is going to be the prey when —
a)
he sees the blood and an empty cartridge in the bush
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
d)
Zaroff tells him to join the hunt or become Ivan’s sport
14.
Which of the following quotes from the text is an example of foreshadowing?
a)
"This place has an name among seafaring men, sir."
b)
"I read your book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet, you see."
c)
"I have electricity. We try to be civilized here."
d)
"I will not hunt."
15.
The best evidence that Zaroff is aware of his own viciousness and cruelty is that he —
a)
makes fun of Rainsford for being afraid
b)
explains how he obtains the men he hunts
c)
says that all Cossacks are savage and that he, Zaroff, is a Cossack
d)
claims that it is not murder to kill sailors because they are “scum”
16.
Which of the following statements best describes how Zaroff justifies his hunting of human beings?
a)
Animal life is more precious than human life.
b)
Only the strong deserve to survive.
c)
Individual freedom is more important than laws.
d)
Human beings are not morally responsible for one another.
17.
The main conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game” is between —
a)
two different opinions of what the most dangerous animal is
b)
a human being and human evil
c)
a person and the doubts and fears within himself
d)
a human being and the forces of nature
18.
The last sentence of the story is, “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.” What important piece of plot information does that sentence give you?
a)
Zaroff has lost the final duel.
b)
Rainsford has safely reached his homeland.
c)
Rainsford has a history of sleep problems.
d)
Rainsford cares too much about luxuries.
19.
Foreshadowing is a —
a)
look back at what happened before the story began
b)
hint about what is to come in the plot
c)
scene that is out of chronological order
d)
struggle between inner and outer forces
20.
Which of the following statements is the best example of foreshadowing in the story?
a)
Whitney’s tales of Ship-Trap Island foreshadow danger.
b)
The fact that Rainsford smokes a pipe foreshadows his death.
c)
The fact that Ivan does not speak foreshadows the story of Ivan’s youth.
d)
Rainsford’s construction of traps foreshadows that he is an expert hunter.
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