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ENGLISH TEST 1

Name: ___________________________

PART 1 - Reading Comprehension

The Most Dangerous Game:

Put the following events from "The Most Dangerous Game" in order by placing the numbers 1-

10 on each line.

__ Ivan dies.

__ General Zaroff tells Rainsford that hunting has gotten boring.

__ One of Zaroff's dogs falls into the pit and dies.

__ Rainsford and Whitney talk about "Ship Trap Island."

__ Rainsford kills General Zaroff.

__ Ivan answers the door and points a gun at Rainsford's heart.

__ Rainsford spends the night in a tree.

__ Rainsford jumps off a cliff to the swirling waters 20 feet below.

__ Rainsford falls into the water and swims to the island.

__ Rainsford makes a trap by leaning a large dead tree against a smaller living one.

Complete the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What is the name of the island that Zaroff live son?

2. In what region of the world is the book set?

3. Where is Captain Nielsen from?

4. Why does Rainsford go onto the deck?

5. What startles Rainsford while he is relaxing on the deck?

6. The title of the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game." can be read as what?

7. Ennui is another word for...

8. Where are Rainsford and Whitney at the beginning of the story?

9. Where does Rainsford find himself after swimming ashore?

10. What do General Zaroff and Rainsford have in common?

11. Why is General Zaroff no longer interested in hunting?



12. What does General Zaroff describe as his "ideal animal"?

13. What is Rainsford's reaction when he learns that General Zaroff hunts men?

14. What happens during the first day of the hunt?

15. To where does Rainsford finally escape?

16. Who dies in the final scene?

17. Who is the protagonist of the story?

18. Who is the main antagonist of the story?

19. What is the weather like on Ship-Trap Island?

20. Why can't Rainsford see more than four miles while standing on the boat?

21. Describing the night as being "like moist velvet" is an example of a(n)...

22. What does Whitney describe evil as?

23. Why could nobody hear Rainsford's cries after he fell into the water?

24. Why does Rainsford fall into the water?

25. What kind of gun does Rainsford hear while he is swimming in the water?

Lambs to the Slaughter:

Circle the best answer.

At the beginning of the story, Mary Maloney is:

a.plotting to kill her husband

b.thinking about what to make for dinner

c.happily waiting for her husband

d.worried that her husband has betrayed her (let her down)

From Mary’s dialogue, the readers knows that her husband—

e.is unemployed

f.is a police officer

g.works for a butcher

h.sells life insurance



The fact that the leg of lamb is significant because —

i.it could be used as a murder weapon j.thawing it will take time

k.it represents the couple’s icy relationship

l.it is much bigger than a lamb chop

Whom do the police first suspect when they arrive on the scene?

m.Mrs. Maloney

n.the husband’s co-workers

o.an intruder (someone who entered the house without permssion)

p.the grocer

The real reason that Mary goes to the store is that she needs —

q.food for dinner

r.some time to think

s.something to distract her

t.an alibi

Mary attempts to help the police officers relax by —

u.offering them drinks

v.confessing to the crime

w.gossiping with them

x.hiding the murder weapon

One of the police officers thinks the murder weapon was a —

y.kitchen knife



z.leg of lamb

aa.wrench, or spanner

bb.pistol

Mary refuses to lie down because she —

cc.needs to make dinner for the officers

dd.is beginning to go into labor

ee.wants to keep an eye on the investigation

ff.both b & cSergeant Noonan probably refuses to eat the lamb at first because he —

gg.works better on an empty stomach

hh.thinks it is unprofessional to eat on duty

ii.ate at Arby’s on his way to the scene jj.suspects that the lamb was used as a murder weapon

Readers can infer that Mary giggles at the end of the story because —

kk.the officers have eaten the murder weapon

ll.her mind has snapped

mm.her husband’s body began to twitch

nn.she wants to flirt with the officers

PART 2. Vocabulary Development



Using the words in the bank below, fill in each space.

1. When Rainsford first saw Zaroff's giant house, he thought it was a ____________.

2. When Rainsford arrived on the island, he thought he heard the cry of an animal in extreme

pain or ___________.

3. Rainsford balled up his fists as if his courage were something ___________ that he could hold

onto or touch.

4. When Ivan stumbled into Rainsford's trap, the knife ___________ his skin, causing him to die.

5. Through the screen of the leafy trees, Rainsford ___________ the large, looming figure of the

giant Ivan.

6. Whitney and Rainsford feared Ship Trap Island because sailor ___________ told them it was

an evil place.

7. Rainsford faced many ___________ in the jungle, including quicksand, hunting dogs, and

General Zaroff.

8. At dinner, Rainsford felt Zaroff ___________ at him or staring him down.

Word Bank

discerned mirage lofty lore bleak anguish

gravely lacerated abrupt leering tangible

receding perils opaqueness

Write the word that best matches each definition on the word next to the definition

Anxiety hospitality placid consoling luxuriate comforting

State of being worried or uneasy ______________________________

friendly treatment of guests _______________________________

calm, peaceful _______________________________



PART 3. Oral Pronunciation

Read out loud.

Passage 1

Soon, other men began to come into the house. First a doctor, then two detectives, one of

whom she know by name. Later, a police photographer arrived and took pictures, and a man

who know about fingerprints. There was a great deal of whispering and muttering beside the

corpse, and the detectives kept asking her a lot of questions. But they always treated her

kindly. She told her story again, this time right from the beginning, when Patrick had come in,

and she was sewing, and he was tired, so tired he hadn’t wanted to go out for supper. She told

how she’d put the meat in the oven-”it’s there now, cooking”- and how she’d slopped out to the

grocer for vegetables, and come back to find him lying on the floor.

Passage 2

The dining room to which Ivan conducted him was in many ways remarkable. There was a

medieval magnificence about it; it suggested a baronial hall of feudal times with its oaken

panels, its high ceiling, its vast refectory tables where twoscore men could sit down to eat.

About the hall were mounted heads of many animals--lions, tigers, elephants, moose, bears;

larger or more perfect specimens Rainsford had never seen.

At the great table the general was sitting, alone.

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