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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If someone refuses to participate in Zaroff's hunting game, what does he do?
(a) Shoots them immediately.
(b) Gives them to his servant to be whipped to death.
(c) Makes them fight his servant to the death.
(d) Sets them adrift at sea.

2. On page 59, Rainsford's waiting is described with the phrase "He lived a year in a minute." What literary technique is being used here?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Simile.

3. When Rainsford insists on leaving the island, what is Zaroff's response?
(a) He pulls out his gun and tells Rainsford that he does not have a choice about staying on the island.
(b) He decides to send Rainsford down to the cellar.
(c) He stalls for time by pretending to send Ivan for a boat to take Rainsford off the island.
(d) He decides that he will hunt Rainsford that evening.

4. What animal does Rainsford try to think like during the first day of being hunted?
(a) A Cape buffalo.
(b) A fox.
(c) A jaguar.
(d) A tiger.

5. On page 38, Zaroff calls something that Rainsford says "barbarous." What does this word mean in this context?
(a) Cruel and uncivilized.
(b) Unimaginative.
(c) Willfully ignorant.
(d) Ridiculous.

6. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?
(a) He and his servant capture them on the mainland.
(b) He advertises for people to come work on his island.
(c) He has a false channel light that lures ships onto the rocks.
(d) He has artillery that he fires on passing ships, hoping to sink them.

7. Into what two groups does Zaroff divide up the world?
(a) Hunters and hunted.
(b) Thinkers and feelers.
(c) Strong and weak.
(d) Brave and cowardly.

8. When he is hiding in the tree, what does Rainsford suddenly realize?
(a) Zaroff is like a cat playing with a mouse before killing it.
(b) Zaroff does not really want to kill him.
(c) Zaroff is not playing the game by his own rules.
(d) Zaroff is not quite as good at tracking as he thinks.

9. On page 39, General Zaroff says "It's a game, you see," and the reader realizes what about the story's title?
(a) That General Zaroff is much more dangerous than he first appeared.
(b) That it implies that Zaroff is more fair to his victims than it first appeared.
(c) That the word "game" is meant in more than one way.
(d) That the word "game" is being used hyperbolically.

10. What does General Zaroff imply is true about hunting human beings?
(a) It is modern and civilized.
(b) It is terrible but necessary.
(c) It is the right way to deal with criminals.
(d) It is the true expression of human instinct.

11. What word does Rainsford repeat three times and Zaroff call "unpleasant" (35)?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Prey.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Murder.

12. When Rainsford digs his pit trap, he is said to dig like what?
(a) A beaver.
(b) A groundhog.
(c) A Russian serf.
(d) A soldier.

13. On page 35, General Zaroff criticizes Rainsford's "scruples." What is he criticizing?
(a) Rainsford's hesitation to do something that he thinks is wrong.
(b) Rainsford's anger on behalf of Zaroff's victims.
(c) Rainsford's religious beliefs.
(d) Rainsford's eagerness to condemn Zaroff's "game."

14. On the morning of the second day of the hunt, what warns Rainsford that Zaroff is approaching?
(a) The cry of a bird.
(b) Zaroff's whistling.
(c) The barking of the dogs.
(d) The sound of a twig snapping.

15. On page 51, Rainsford's night is said to be "apprehensive." What kind of a night is it?
(a) Full of suffering.
(b) Full of planning.
(c) Full of regret.
(d) Full of worry.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 50, Rainsford decides that taking a rest is "imperative." What does this mean he thinks about the idea of resting?

2. What is Zaroff's response to being wounded by Rainsford?

3. What does Rainsford keep telling himself after the first two hours or running from Zaroff?

4. What does Zaroff believe fighting in the war should have taught Rainsford?

5. What spot on the island does Zaroff warn Rainsford to stay away from?

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