Directions: Choose 6 of the questions below and answer them in full and
complete sentences. Answer the questions on looseleaf. You will be graded on
the completeness of your answer, use of text evidence where necessary as well as
your grammar and spelling.
“The Most Dangerous Game” – part 1
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Describe Rainsford’s views on hunting as the story opens.
What do sailors think of Ship Trap Island? Why?
What two sounds did Rainsford hear that were surprising to
him?
4. What does Rainsford see in the brush once he begins walking on
the island?
5. What is Rainsford’s occupation? How does Zaroff know who he
is?
6. Why did Zaroff have to “invent a new animal to hunt”?
7. How does Zaroff justify his hunting of people?
8. How does Zaroff get his prey to the island?
9. Describe Zaroff’s conditions for the hunt—the rules of the
“game.”
10. What will Zaroff do if Rainsford wins? What does he ask
Rainsford to do?
11. In which sea is Ship-Trap island located?
12. Why should Rainsford wear Moccasins?