Name______________________



Name______________________

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“The Most Dangerous Game” Open Book/Short Answer Scavenger Hunt

___________/___________ 1. The two characters conversing at the beginning of the story

______________________ 2. Name of island

______________________ 3. Animal that Rainsford can “pick off at four hundred yards”

______________________ 4. Name of the sea where they are presently sailing

______________________ 5. The next big game they are going to hunt

______________________ 6. Identify the figurative language: The night “is like moist black velvet.”

___________/___________ 7. The two fears that Whitney says an animal feels

___________/___________ 8. Rainsford says the world is made up of these two classes of people

______________________ 9. “Even _________ wouldn’t live in such a Godforsaken place.”

______________________10. This type of sailor “can taint the whole ship’s company with his fear.”

______________________11. Whitney goes to bed, but Rainsford goes “up on the __________.”

______________________12. Rainsford hears three of these “off to the right … off in the blackness.”

______________________13. Rainsford falls overboard while trying to grab his ________.

______________________14. How many people know he has fallen overboard?

______________________15. Identify the figurative language: “… he struck out with strong strokes.”

______________________16. Identify the figurative language: “The lights became ever vanishing fireflies.”

___________/___________17. Rainsford hears a scream “of an animal in an extremity of _____ and _____.”

______________________18. Identify the figurative language: “… the muttering and growling of the sea…”

______________________19. Rainsford first thinks the huge house is a village “for there were many _____.”

______________________20. The number of times Rainsford thinks the door knocker has been used

___________/___________21. The two most prominent physical traits about the man who answers the door

___________/___________22. Zaroff has read Rainsford’s “book about hunting snow _______ in ______.”

______________________23. Zaroff is “singularly handsome,” but has an “almost ___ quality about his face.”

______________________24. The race of Russians known for their horsemanship, courage and fierceness

______________________25. These things adorn Zaroff’s dining room

__________/____________26. Zaroff’s age when he receives his first gun/the “prize” birds he shoots

______________________27. Zaroff wants an “animal” with this quality to hunt

______________________28. Rainsford’s reaction to Zaroff’s new quarry

_____/___________/_____29. # of hours headstart/weapon given to the quarry/# of days the game lasts

______________________30. Zaroff wants another day of hunting; R. compares himself to this small animal

______________________31. This hunting trick injures Zaroff’s shoulder

______________________32. This hunting trick kills one of Zaroff’s best dogs

___________/___________33. Rainsford lives when he jumps ____ feet into the sea; Rainsford returns, hides

behind the ________, then surprises Zaroff , kills him and sleeps in his bed.

Name_______KEY_______

“The Most Dangerous Game” Open Book/Short Answer Scavenger Hunt

_Rainsford__/__Whitney__ 1. The two characters conversing at the beginning of the story

______Ship-Trap________ 2. Name of island

________Moose__________ 3. Animal that Rainsford can “pick off at four hundred yards”

______Caribbean________ 4. Name of the sea where they are presently sailing

________jaguars_________ 5. The next big game they are going to hunt

_________simile_________ 6. Identify the figurative language: The night “is like moist black velvet.”

___pain_____/___death___ 7. The two fears that Whitney says an animal feels

__hunters___/__huntees___ 8. Rainsford says the world is made up of these two classes of people

________cannibals_______ 9. “Even _________ wouldn’t live in such a Godforsaken place.”

________superstitious_____10. This type of sailor “can taint the whole ship’s company with his fear.”

_________afterdeck______11. Whitney goes to bed, but Rainsford goes “up on the __________.”

__________gun shots_____12. Rainsford hears three of these “off to the right … off in the blackness.”

___________pipe________13. Rainsford falls overboard while trying to grab his ________.

_____none (no one)______14. How many people know he has fallen overboard?

_______alliteration______15. Identify the figurative language: “… he struck out with strong strokes.”

________metaphor______16. Identify the figurative language: “The lights became ever vanishing fireflies.”

___anguish__/__terror___17. Rainsford hears a scream “of an animal in an extremity of _____ and _____.”

_____personification_____18. Identify the figurative language: “… the muttering and growling of the sea…”

_________lights_________19. Rainsford first thinks the huge house is a village “for there were many _____.”

______none (never) ______20. The number of times Rainsford thinks the door knocker has been used

____huge___/_long beard_21. The two most prominent physical traits about the man who answers the door

__leopards__/__Tibet____22. Zaroff has read Rainsford’s “book about hunting snow _______ in ______.”

________bizarre________23. Zaroff is “singularly handsome,” but has an “almost ___ quality about his face.”

_______Cossacks________24. The race of Russians known for their horsemanship, courage and fierceness

__mounted animal heads__25. These things adorn Zaroff’s dining room

____five___/__turkeys___26. Zaroff’s age when he receives his first gun/the “prize” birds he shoots

_________reason________27. Zaroff wants an “animal” with this quality to hunt

_revulsion, disgust, horror_28. Rainsford’s reaction to Zaroff’s new quarry

__3_/_hunting knife_/_3__29. # of hours headstart/weapon given to the quarry/# of days the game lasts

________mouse_________30. Zaroff wants another day of hunting; R. compares himself to this small animal

___Malay man-catcher___31. This hunting trick injures Zaroff’s shoulder

____Burmese tiger pit____32. This hunting trick kills one of Zaroff’s best dogs

____20___/___curtains___33. Rainsford lives when he jumps ____ feet into the sea; Rainsford returns, hides

behind the ________, then surprises Zaroff , kills him and sleeps in his bed.

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