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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what region is the island located?
(a) Off the coast of Ecuador.
(b) Off the coast of Africa.
(c) The South Pacific.
(d) The Caribbean.

2. What do Rainsford and his partner intend to hunt?
(a) Wild Boar.
(b) Cape Buffalo.
(c) Antelope.
(d) Jaguar.

3. When Zaroff says, on page 31, that there is "no greater bore than perfection," to what is he referring?
(a) His own abilities as a hunter.
(b) His father.
(c) Rainsford's hunting plans.
(d) Prey animals.

4. 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) Soft enough to be squeezed or manipulated.
(b) Able to be felt or touched.
(c) Dark and forbidding, gloomy.
(d) Warning of bad things to come.

5. What makes Rainsford a little uncomfortable about the General?
(a) Zaroff keeps making strange jokes that Rainsford doesn't understand.
(b) Zaroff carries a pistol with him.
(c) Zaroff keeps staring at him.
(d) Zaroff refuses to answer Rainsford's questions.

6. What explanation does Zaroff give for his servant's not speaking to Rainsford?
(a) The man has a phobia of strangers.
(b) The man can neither hear nor speak.
(c) The man only speaks Russian.
(d) Only Zaroff is allowed to speak to visitors.

7. Which word does the narrator use to describe General Zaroff's home?
(a) Palatial.
(b) Fanciful.
(c) Foreboding.
(d) Grotesque.

8. To what ethnic group do Zaroff and his servant belong?
(a) They are Cossacks.
(b) They are Tatars.
(c) They are Tajiks.
(d) They are Kazakhs.

9. What is the name of the island on which the story takes place?
(a) Shipwreck Island.
(b) Ship-Trap Island.
(c) Sunken Ship Island.
(d) The island is unnamed.

10. Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game"?
(a) Nikolai Romanov.
(b) Wilfred Owen.
(c) Frank R. Stockton.
(d) Richard Connell.

11. Where are Rainsford and his partner headed?
(a) To Rio.
(b) To Port Moresby.
(c) To Ecuador.
(d) To South Africa.

12. Who is the captain of the ship that Rainsford travels on?
(a) Whitney.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Nielsen.
(d) Sanger.

13. Why did Zaroff go into the army?
(a) It was the only way to get away from his father.
(b) He wanted to have an excuse to kill humans.
(c) It was expected for noblemen's sons to do so.
(d) He believed deeply in the Russian cause.

14. What is Rainsford's first reaction when he falls overboard?
(a) He starts swimming in the direction of the island.
(b) He starts to swim after the yacht.
(c) He repeatedly yells to try to get the yacht's attention.
(d) He tries to swim toward the other ship.

15. What kind of people does Rainsford guess might live on the island?
(a) Cannibals.
(b) Missing sailors.
(c) War criminals.
(d) Hunters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is surprising about General Zaroff's first remarks to Rainsford?

2. What does Zaroff say is the problem with ordinary big-game hunting?

3. What does Zaroff imply he was afraid of when he realized that hunting had begun to bore him?

4. On page 1, the narrator says that the night "was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht." What literary technique is being employed in this phrase?

5. Which character says, on page 31, "Instinct is no match for reason"?

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