"The Most Dangerous Game" Review

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