Characters
Who is the protagonist in the story?
Who is Rainsford
What is the name of General Zaroff's island?
What is Ship-Trap Island
How does Rainsford escape the hounds?
What is he jumps into the sea and swims to shore.
Rainsford fighting the sea to keep from drowning is an example of which conflict?
What is person-versus-nature.
Who is the antagonist of the story?
Who is General Zaroff
When Rainsford first makes it to the island, what about the setting makes him hopeful that there is food?
What is the sound of gunfire and bootprints on the ground (which means there are humans).
What are the 3 items the hunted are supplied with before the hunt begins?
What are hunting clothes, food, and a knife.
How does Ivan die?
What is he is stabbed with a knife from the third trap Rainsford sets.
How is Ivan described by General Zaroff?
What is incredibly strong, but deaf and dumb.
What lined the halls of General Zaroff's giant home?
What are the heads of the big animals Zaroff has hunted.
What is the name of the first trap that Rainsford makes?
What is the Malay man-catcher.
Rainsford having trouble sleeping before the hunt is an example of
What is internal conflict.
What is Rainsford's first name?
Who is Sanger.
Where does the story begin?
What is on a yacht with Rainsford and Whitney traveling.
Why does Zaroff want to hunt specifically humans?
What is because they can reason, think, and/or are dangerous, and he wants more of a challenge.
"The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford.
"For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar."
What is this beginning conversation an example of?
What is foreshadowing.
How does General Zaroff already know Rainsford?
What is he read Rainsford's book on hunting snow leopards in Tibet.
What part of the island does Zaroff warn Rainsford about?
What is the southeast corner of the island called Death Swamp, where there is quicksand.
What happened to General Zaroff in the end?
What is he was killed in a duel and fed to the hounds.
What age did General Zaroff get his first gun?
What is 5 years old.