Journal
When in your life has someone changed the
rules for what you already knew? Ex.: a game, a
relationship, etc. Explain the situation and what
happened.
The Most Dangerous Game
1st sentence
• Describe the 1st sentence. Why start the story
with this statement?
Page 1 Questions
1. What does this show about Rainsford? How
could this set up his demise or success?
2. Why does Rainsford deny the existence of
feelings in the animals he hunts?
Page 2 Questions
• Why do you think the author describes
Rainsford’s drowsiness so soon after he has
built suspense in the story?
• What have we learned in regards to
Rainsford’s character? What seems to be his
flaw?
Page 3 Questions
• What quality of Rainsford saves his life?
• What does anguish mean? What context clues
helped you to understand it?
Literary Term
• Choose a literary device found.
• Write down the example and put quotation
marks around it.
• Then explain how it represents the device.
• Why did the author use it?
Journal
• When in your life have you been faced with a
mystery that you wanted to figure out?
• What steps did you take to try to figure it out?
• Were you successful?
• Explain
Page 5 Questions
• At first, it seems that Rainsford is saved by his
discovery of the chateau. What details in the
bracketed paragraph that started on page 4 help
bring back the feeling of suspense?
• How does the appearance of this second
gentleman affect the suspense in the second
bracketed page?
• What is your impression of the general? In your
answer, indicate the details or dialogue that
contribute to your impression.
Page 7 Questions
• How does the general’s secretive behavior
increase the sense of suspense?
• What do we learn about the general that
explains his confident attitude and interest in
hunting?
• Characteristically speaking, what do the
general and Rainsford have in common?
Page 8 Questions
• Has your impression of Zaroff changed since
you met him? Explain.
Page 9 Questions
• The general is intentionally building the
suspense here. Can you predict what the
animal is? Circle the sentence that gives your
hint.
Page 10
• Do you agree with Zaroff’s philosophy as it is
expressed in the brackedted paragraph?
Explain.
• What trick does the general use to bring ships
to the island?
Homework
• Choose a literary device found.
• Write down the example and put quotation
marks around it.
• Then explain how it represents the device.
• Why did the author use it?