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RCMultiple Choice

Unit Summary — Cumulative exam

Question 488 • Career Explorations - EL3401

Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell.When [Rainsford] opened his eyes he knew from the position of the sun that it was late in the afternoon. Sleep had given him new vigor; a sharp hunger was picking at him. He looked about him, almost cheerfully."Where there are pistol shots, there are men. Where there are men, there is food," he thought. But what kind of men, he wondered, in so forbidding a place? An unbroken front of snarled and ragged jungle fringed the shore.He saw no sign of a trail through the closely knit web of weeds and trees; it was easier to go along the shore, and Rainsford floundered along by the water.

Answer
A
go fishing along the shore.
B
search for the island’s inhabitants.
C
build a camp in the jungle.
D
try to swim to a neighboring island.

Explanation

Rainsford remembers hearing pistol shots and reasons that shots mean men, and men mean food. Since he is hungry and sees no trail through the jungle, he follows the shore looking for people. Therefore, he is searching for the island’s inhabitants, not fishing or trying to leave the island.

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