Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension #2
Reading Comprehension #3
Who's That
Literary Devices
100
Rainsford comes to Ship Trap island because he ______________.
Swims to after accidently falling overboard.
100
Rainsford and Whitney are on the way to Rio where they will hunt this animal.
What is jaguar.
100
Ivan greets Rainsford for the first time at the door with this.
What is a revolver.
100
This character dies first in the story.
Who is Ivan.
100
The main struggle in a story.
What is conflict.
200
Zaroff releases ___________ every night at 7:00 p.m.
What is dogs.
200
Right after Rainsford lands on shore, he quickly _____________.
What is falls asleep.
200
When fleeing from Zaroff, where does Rainsford hide?
What is in a tree.
200
By the end of the story, these three characters are dead.
Who is Zaroff, Ivan, and one of Zaroff's best dogs.
200
Feeling of anxious uncertainty about what might happen.
What is suspense.
300
Rainsford hears the waves breaking on the coastline. Soon after, he lands on a ___________ shore.
What is rocky.
300
Zaroff introduces himself to Rainsford as a fellow __________.
What is hunter.
300
Rainsford escapes the pack of hounds by jumping ______________.
What is off the cliff into the sea.
300
Rainsford kills this character by setting up a trap with a knife attached to a tree limb.
Who is Ivan.
300
Clues given by the author about what's to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing.
400
Rainsford falls of the deck of the yacht when he loses his balance while reaching for his __________.
What is pipe.
400
Rainsford hears the sound of an animal he does not recognize. It shrieks in "anguish and terror," and Rainsford swims toward the noise. Next, Rainsford hears a _____________.
What is pistol shot.
400
Rainsford thinks that the _____________ is "the most dangerous of all big game."
What is cape buffalo.
400
At the beginning of the story, Rainsford and this character are on a boat bound for the Amazon forest.
Who is Whitney.
400
The time, place, and social context in which a story takes place.
What is setting.
500
Following the footprints of hunting boots, Rainsford sees the lights of a _____________ in the distance.
What is palatial chateau.
500
What is Zaroff's main reason for preferring to hunt human beings rather than animals?
Hunting men is more of a challenge than hunting beasts.
500
Zaroff uses this technique to cause ships to crash in order to help capture his game.
What is false channel lights.
500
Zaroff and Ivan are both known as this.
What is Cossacks.
500
Figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.
What is personification.