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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rainsford keep telling himself after the first two hours or running from Zaroff?
(a) That he does not deserve what is happening.
(b) That he has to keep his nerve.
(c) That it is only 3 days.
(d) That he was foolish to stand on the rail of the ship.

2. On page 38, Zaroff calls something that Rainsford says "barbarous." What does this word mean in this context?
(a) Willfully ignorant.
(b) Cruel and uncivilized.
(c) Unimaginative.
(d) Ridiculous.

3. What is the significance of the two trees, where one is leaning on the other?
(a) Rainsford uses the fallen tree to make a bridge to cross the river.
(b) Rainsford is sure that he has seen them before.
(c) Rainsford knows that this is a trail marker.
(d) Rainsford uses them to build his first trap.

4. What does Zaroff believe fighting in the war should have taught Rainsford?
(a) To keep a level head when he is in danger.
(b) How to hunt for human beings.
(c) That nothing in life is fair.
(d) That human life is not inherently valuable.

5. What is the result of Rainsford's pit trap?
(a) Zaroff's servant is killed.
(b) Rainsford himself falls into the trap.
(c) One of Zaroff's dogs is killed.
(d) Zaroff is seriously wounded.

6. On page 50, Rainsford thinks of General Zaroff as "zealous." What kind of a person does this mean General Zaroff is?
(a) Envious of others' abilities.
(b) Extremely devoted and enthusiastic.
(c) The kind of person who says one thing but does another.
(d) Unable to tell the difference between reality and fantasy.

7. When Zaroff realizes that he is the one in danger and moves out of the way, to what does the narrator compare his quick movement?
(a) An ape.
(b) A cheetah.
(c) A snake.
(d) A hunting dog.

8. When Rainsford says that he is not a murderer, the General calls him "droll" (35). What is Zaroff saying about Rainsford?
(a) That his objection to murder is funny.
(b) That his objection to murder is weak.
(c) That his objection to murder is childish.
(d) That his objection to murder is sensible.

9. When Rainsford is waiting in the tree, to whom does he compare Zaroff?
(a) The devil.
(b) A soldier he knew in the war.
(c) Himself.
(d) Czar Nicholas.

10. On the morning of the second day of the hunt, what warns Rainsford that Zaroff is approaching?
(a) The sound of a twig snapping.
(b) Zaroff's whistling.
(c) The barking of the dogs.
(d) The cry of a bird.

11. What is in General Zaroff's cellar?
(a) The bodies of the men he has killed.
(b) A torture chamber.
(c) The dogs' kennels.
(d) His "training camp."

12. What is the result of Rainsford's final trap?
(a) The general's favorite dog is killed.
(b) The general's servant is killed.
(c) Rainsford loses his knife without accomplishing anything.
(d) The general is stabbed in the shoulder.

13. On page 35, Zaroff says that Rainsford's attitude is "like finding a snuffbox in a limousine." What rhetorical technique is he employing?
(a) Simile.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Sarcasm.

14. When Rainsford digs his pit trap, he is said to dig like what?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A groundhog.
(c) A Russian serf.
(d) A beaver.

15. When Rainsford insists on leaving the island, what is Zaroff's response?
(a) He stalls for time by pretending to send Ivan for a boat to take Rainsford off the island.
(b) He decides to send Rainsford down to the cellar.
(c) He decides that he will hunt Rainsford that evening.
(d) He pulls out his gun and tells Rainsford that he does not have a choice about staying on the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 51, Rainsford's night is said to be "apprehensive." What kind of a night is it?

2. On the second night, what danger does Rainsford narrowly avoid?

3. How much of a head start does Zaroff offer his victims?

4. What does Zaroff do if one of his victims is close to winning the game?

5. What is Zaroff's response to being wounded by Rainsford?

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