"The Most Dangerous Game" Review

All the details that the author provides about Ship-Trap Island are examples of _____.

• a flashback
• foreshadowing
• theme
• point to view

Which of the following statements is the best example of foreshadowing in the story?

• The fact that Rainsford smokes a pipe foreshadows his death.

• Rainsford's observation of pistol shots and an unfamiliar animal sound when he arrives on Ship-Trap Island foreshadows Zaroff's "game."

• The fact that Ivan does not speak foreshadows the story of Ivan’s youth

• Rainsford’s construction of traps foreshadows that he is an expert hunter.

What element of plot describes the scene in “The Most Dangerous Game” when Rainsford hears a gunshot and upon further inspection falls off the boat and into the Caribbean waters?

• Climax

• Exposition

• Inciting incident

• Rising action

Raisnford jumping off the cliff is the story's _____.

• rising action 
• climax
• falling action 
• resolution 

Which of the following statements BEST explains how the setting of Ship-Trap Island affects Rainsford?

• He experiences fear like a hunted animal.

• He nearly gets swallowed by quicksand.

• He learns lots of new tricks from Zaroff.

• He develops a taste for hunting humans.

From what point-of-view is "The Most Dangerous Game" told?

• First-person from Zaroff's perspective

• First-person from Rainsford's perspective

• Third-person limited from Rainsford's perspective

• Third-person limited from Whitney's perspective

Rainsford finally gets the better of Zaroff when he

• swims to Zaroff’s château and surprises him

• kills Ivan, leaving Zaroff defenseless

• catches Zaroff in a tiger trap made from a bent sapling

• signals to a passing boat that helps him escape

Which of the following words best describes the mood in this excerpt from the text?

Jagged crags appeared to jut into the opaqueness . . . Dense jungle came down to the very edge of the cliffs (37).

• ominous

• placid

• disarming

• futile

Who can the reader assume dies at the end of the story?

• Ivan

• Zaroff

• Rainsford

• The hounds

Rainsford first realizes he is going to be Zaroff's quarry when ...

• he sees the blood and an empty cartridge in the bush

• Zaroff claims to hunt game that is more dangerous than the Cape buffalo

• Zaroff claims to have invented a new kind of game to hunt

• Zaroff tells him to join the hunt or become Ivan’s sport