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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best description of the General's servant's clothing?
(a) He is dressed in a butler's uniform.
(b) He is in a military uniform.
(c) He is wearing an expensive suit.
(d) He is dressed like a hunter.

2. Which animal does Rainsford call the most dangerous?
(a) Jaguars.
(b) Human beings.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Cape buffalo.

3. What does Zaroff say is the problem with ordinary big-game hunting?
(a) It wastes the life of an animal for no purpose.
(b) The prey animal has almost no chance of survival.
(c) It does not take the feelings of the prey animal into account.
(d) There are too many other great hunters in the world.

4. What makes the General's servant intimidating when he first opens the door?
(a) He blocks Rainsford from seeing into the house.
(b) He is huge and is holding a gun.
(c) He shoves Rainsford back and refuses to allow him inside.
(d) He has a deep scar on one side of his face.

5. What is the first thing that Rainsford does once he is on top of the cliffs?
(a) Hide.
(b) Yell for help.
(c) Make a fire.
(d) Sleep.

6. When Rainsford introduces himself to the General's servant, what is the man's response?
(a) He calls for General Zaroff.
(b) He slams the door.
(c) He finally allows Rainsford to enter the house.
(d) He cocks the hammer of his gun.

7. To what ethnic group do Zaroff and his servant belong?
(a) They are Tajiks.
(b) They are Tatars.
(c) They are Cossacks.
(d) They are Kazakhs.

8. What is surprising about General Zaroff's first remarks to Rainsford?
(a) He seems to find Rainsford's situation very amusing.
(b) He already knows Rainsford's name.
(c) His accent is clearly not Russian.
(d) He seems to have been expecting Rainsford.

9. What do Rainsford and his partner intend to hunt?
(a) Jaguar.
(b) Antelope.
(c) Cape Buffalo.
(d) Wild Boar.

10. What makes Rainsford a little uncomfortable about the General?
(a) Zaroff carries a pistol with him.
(b) Zaroff keeps staring at him.
(c) Zaroff refuses to answer Rainsford's questions.
(d) Zaroff keeps making strange jokes that Rainsford doesn't understand.

11. Why does Zaroff no longer hunt tigers?
(a) He was wounded by a tiger.
(b) He came to understand that they have feelings and thoughts, just like people.
(c) They do not challenge him enough.
(d) There are not enough tigers left to hunt them easily.

12. Why did Zaroff leave Russia?
(a) He was looking for a place with more privacy.
(b) He found the hunting in Russia had become dull.
(c) He was exiled by the Czar.
(d) Because of the Russian Revolution.

13. Who is Rainsford's hunting partner?
(a) Sanger.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Whitney.
(d) Neilsen.

14. Who is the captain of the ship that Rainsford travels on?
(a) Nielsen.
(b) Sanger.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Whitney.

15. Which word best describes the inside of Zaroff's house?
(a) Forbidding.
(b) Stark.
(c) Luxurious.
(d) Cozy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the door knocker on Zaroff's house?

2. When, on page 7, Rainsford "indolently [puffs] on his favorite brier," what is he doing?

3. Which character says, on page 31, "Instinct is no match for reason"?

4. What reason does Whitney give Rainsford for the sailors' fear of the island?

5. What is the name of General Zaroff's servant?

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