The Most Dangerous Game Reading Test

What is characterization?

• Character traits
• What a character says and thinks
• The process in which the author tells the personality of a character.
• What a character looks like and what are his actions

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Direct Characterization is...

• the author telling you a character's traits
• the author showing you a character's traits

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Indirect Characterization is...

• the author showing you a character's traits
• the author telling you a character's traits

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Jeremy looked like a rock star.  He was really tall with perfect blonde hair, ice blue eyes, and this sullen look that drove the girls crazy." is an example of...

• Direct Characterization
• Indirect Characterization
• Both

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is an example of indirect characterization?

• Marcia was a good listener and wonderful friend.
• Marcia felt the knot in her stomach grow when she saw the number of questions on the test and she tugged her hair anxiously. 
• Marcia was a nervous person.
• Marcia was an optimist who always believed the best about people.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do Zaroff and Rainsford have in common?

• They are farmers
• They live on an island
• They love to hunt
• They speak Russian

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who wins the game?

• Zaroff
• Rainsford

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

The best way to describe General Zaroff's character is...

• rich and polite
• crazy and hospitable 
• strong and funny
• resourceful and mean

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which detail best helps you visualize Rainsford's emotions during the hunt?

• "Night found him leg-weary, with hands and face lashed by the branches..."
• "Rest brought him new confidence and almost a feeling of security."
• "He knew it would be insane to blunder on through the dark..."
• "...awakened by a sound that made him know that he had new things to learn about fear."

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

During the hunt, Rainsford is best described as...

• scared, but smart
• calm and relaxed
• amused by the general
• slow to understand the game

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3