Rainsford
Zaroff
Rising action
plot
Dangerous Game vocabulary
100
What was the name of the mysterious island that Raisford and Whitney were talking about?
What is Ship trap island.
100
What was Zaroff's rank in the military?
What is General
100
Describe the setting, When and where did this happen? time of day, name of the river and country they were in?
What is night time, Caribbean Sea, heading up the Amazon and Brazil.
100
The General created a trap to get sailors onto the island, what was that trap?
What is, He created trap that would put ships on the rocks near the island and sink the boats.
100
Dread- "Sailors have a curious dread of this place." What does dread mean?
What is, fear.
200
Where was Sanger Rainsford from?
What is the New York, USA.
200
Where was the general from?
What is Russia
200
Whitney and Rainsford were talking about the island on the yacht. What were they saying that would describe the mood of the story?
What is, The Island was a mysterious, dark and dangerous place where cannibals may live.
200
Why would the General sink ships next to the island?
What is to get the sailors on the island so he could hunt them.
200
What is a Burmese Tiger Pit, (describe it)
What is a dug out pit with spikes in the bottom of it and some sort of camouflage over the top of it.
300
How did the general know Rainsford?
What is, he read his books about hunting snow leopards in the Himalayas.
300
The general got board with hunting and had to invent a new animal, what was that animal?
What is humans
300
What was the first problem in the story? Rainsford was smoking and what happened?
What is he heard a report, lost his pipe and then fell overboard.
300
How many traps did Rainsford make to try to kill the General?
What is 3.
300
palpable- "Trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness upon the yacht."
What is, some thing you feel or touch.
400
Where was Rainsford headed before he fell off the boat?
What is Rio, Brazil.
400
What were the three items that the General gives his quarry before he hunts them?
What is, hunting clothes, food and a knife.
400
Rainsford was swimming to shore and heard what?
What is a shot and an animal dying.
400
What were the names of the traps that Rainsford used?
What is, man trap, tiger pit, spring trap.
400
When Rainsoford arrived at the island, he found a crimson pool where something had died, what does the word crimson mean.
What is the color red.
500
What is Rainsford first name?
What is Sanger.
500
How was the General injured?
What is a Malayan Man Trap.
500
Rainsford followed the boot tracks to a chateau. He knocked on the door and what happened?
What is Ivan answered the door and pointed a large revolver at his heart.
500
How did the general convince Rainsford to hunt?
What is, the general told him he could hunt or Ivan would torture him.
500
dank- "Trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness upon the yacht."
What is, sticky.
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