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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Pages 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rainsford end up alone on deck?
(a) He and his partner argue, and his partner doesn't want to be around him for a while.
(b) The captain calls his partner below deck.
(c) His partner goes below deck to fetch a map to show Rainsford.
(d) His partner goes below deck to sleep.

2. As Rainsford nears the island, what does he hear?
(a) A splash as if something has fallen in the water.
(b) Recorded music.
(c) A scream and a gunshot.
(d) The sound of his ship hitting the rocks.

3. When, on page 7, Rainsford "indolently [puffs] on his favorite brier," what is he doing?
(a) Thoughtfully smoking a cigarette.
(b) Vigorously smoking a pipe.
(c) Eagerly smoking a cigarette.
(d) Lazily smoking a pipe.

4. On page 1, the narrator says that the night "was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht." What literary technique is being employed in this phrase?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

5. On page 1, the narrator says that the night "was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht." What does "palpable" mean in this context?
(a) Dark and forbidding, gloomy.
(b) Warning of bad things to come.
(c) Soft enough to be squeezed or manipulated.
(d) Able to be felt or touched.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game"?

2. Which is the best description of Rainsford when he is in the water?

3. What is the name of the island on which the story takes place?

4. What is the first thing that Rainsford does once he is on top of the cliffs?

5. What is Rainsford's first reaction when he falls overboard?

(see the answer key)

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