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"Most Dangerous" Reading Comp.
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Who's that?
Figurative Language
Plot Elements
100

This is the "most dangerous game" according to Zaroff, and this the reason. 

What are humans because they have the ability to reason?

100
What does Ivan do when he first meets Rainsford?
Ivan holds a revolver to Rainsford's chest.
100

The character that fell off the boat at the beginning of the story.

Who is Rainsford?

100
An example is: “Ugh! The air is like moist black velvet”
What is a simile.
100
Which plot element is: Rainsford swims to shore, hunted by General Zaroff, jumps off the cliff, and tries to get away from Zaroff.
What is the rising action?
200

The name of the island. 

What is Ship Trap Island?

200
They are released every night at seven.
What are the dogs?
200

Rainsford's companion on the boat. 

Who is Whitney?

200
The revolver pointed as rigidly as if the giant were a statue.
What is a simile.
200
The boat scene.
What is the exposition.
300

Initially, the ship was headed for

What is the Amazon or Rio de Janeiro?

300
When fleeing from Zaroff, where does Rainsford hide?
In a tree.
300

Zaroff's big, intimidating body guard who is killed by the trap set up by Rainsford.

Who is Ivan?

300

The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse”

What is an allusion and/or metaphor.

300
Rainsford gets to sleep in the most comfortable bed... (not climax here)
the resolution
400
Rainsford finds this on shore.
What is an empty cartridge?
400
According to Rainsford, the world is made up of the _______________and the _________________
What are the hunted and huntees? or the strong and the weak
400

Rainsford's first name.

What is Sanger?

400
“Ten minutes of determined effort brought another sound to his ears – the most welcome he had ever heard – the muttering and growling of the sea breaking on a rocky shore”
What is personification.
400
Rainsford and Gen. Zaroff fight, and Rainsford kills him
What is the climax?
500

a rich, red soup traditional in Russia

What is borscht?

500
Richard Connell
Who is the author of "The Most Dangerous Game?"
500

The Burmese Tiger Pit claimed this character.

The hound?

500
An example is, "He lived a year in a minute."
What is hyperbole?
500

Zaroff became bored and filled with a sense of ennui, so he started hunting humans. 

What happened when Zaroff had hunted every animal on the island and decided that they were no longer a challenge?