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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zaroff obtain his victims?
(a) He has artillery that he fires on passing ships, hoping to sink them.
(b) He and his servant capture them on the mainland.
(c) He advertises for people to come work on his island.
(d) He has a false channel light that lures ships onto the rocks.

2. What word does Zaroff use frequently to describe his life on the island?
(a) Luxurious.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Civilized.
(d) Righteous.

3. How much of a head start does Zaroff offer his victims?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 1/2 day.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 3 hours.

4. What supplies does Zaroff offer the men he hunts?
(a) A map and matches.
(b) A flashlight and a map.
(c) Food and a knife.
(d) Rope, matches, and food.

5. On page 49, Rainsford thinks that running away from the chateau in a straight line is "futile." What kind of a plan is "futile"?
(a) One that will end in failure.
(b) One that is predictable.
(c) One that is unexpected.
(d) One that is guaranteed to succeed.

6. What kind of animals does Zaroff say are better than the people he hunts?
(a) Wild animals.
(b) Thoroughbreds.
(c) Farm animals.
(d) Predators.

7. 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 uses them to build his first trap.
(c) Rainsford knows that this is a trail marker.
(d) Rainsford is sure that he has seen them before.

8. Before Zaroff hunts people, what does he usually do with them?
(a) Makes sure that they are tired and hungry.
(b) Uses them as unpaid labor.
(c) Trains them and gets them into shape.
(d) Treats them as honored guests.

9. What is Zaroff's response to being wounded by Rainsford?
(a) He moans.
(b) He stares silently toward Rainsford's hiding place.
(c) He yells.
(d) He laughs.

10. On what does Zaroff blame Rainsford's refusal to participate in murder?
(a) America's Puritan ancestry.
(b) His experiences as a soldier.
(c) Rainsford's more cautious upbringing.
(d) Rainsford's not being a Russian.

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

12. Into what two groups does Zaroff divide up the world?
(a) Thinkers and feelers.
(b) Brave and cowardly.
(c) Hunters and hunted.
(d) Strong and weak.

13. On page 50, Rainsford decides that taking a rest is "imperative." What does this mean he thinks about the idea of resting?
(a) It is too risky.
(b) It is extremely important.
(c) It is nice but not essential.
(d) It is a foolish waste of time.

14. What does Zaroff do if one of his victims is close to winning the game?
(a) He uses dogs to hunt them.
(b) He tricks them into thinking they have won and then kills them anyway.
(c) He just extends the time period that they have to survive through.
(d) He cheats by going back to the house for better weapons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of Rainsford's pit trap?

2. What spot on the island does Zaroff warn Rainsford to stay away from?

3. On page 38, Zaroff calls something that Rainsford says "barbarous." What does this word mean in this context?

4. On page 59, Rainsford's waiting is described with the phrase "He lived a year in a minute." What literary technique is being used here?

5. What is the result of Rainsford's final trap?

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