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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Pages 33-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zaroff do if one of his victims is close to winning the game?
(a) He just extends the time period that they have to survive through.
(b) He cheats by going back to the house for better weapons.
(c) He uses dogs to hunt them.
(d) He tricks them into thinking they have won and then kills them anyway.

2. Why does Rainsford stand up on the ship's rail?
(a) He has been drinking and is fooling around.
(b) He is trying to reach something stuck in the rigging.
(c) He thinks that he hears gunfire.
(d) He is trying to signal another ship.

3. On page 1, the narrator says that the night "was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht." What does "palpable" mean in this context?
(a) Dark and forbidding, gloomy.
(b) Able to be felt or touched.
(c) Soft enough to be squeezed or manipulated.
(d) Warning of bad things to come.

4. What kind of animals does Zaroff say are better than the people he hunts?
(a) Thoroughbreds.
(b) Predators.
(c) Wild animals.
(d) Farm animals.

5. What makes the General's servant intimidating when he first opens the door?
(a) He has a deep scar on one side of his face.
(b) He blocks Rainsford from seeing into the house.
(c) He shoves Rainsford back and refuses to allow him inside.
(d) He is huge and is holding a gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the door knocker on Zaroff's house?

2. On page 38, Zaroff calls something that Rainsford says "barbarous." What does this word mean in this context?

3. What does Zaroff enjoy about hunting humans?

4. What reason does Whitney give Rainsford for the sailors' fear of the island?

5. What makes Rainsford a little uncomfortable about the General?

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