These questions go with the story "Most Dangerous Game".
Writers often use language and images to foreshadow events that are going to take place in a story. Consider these words and phrases from the passage:
dank tropical night
moonless Caribbean night
moist black velvet
From these the reader can predict that Whitney and/or Rainsford are going to
A) have a good time in Rio.
B) go hunting in the Amazon.
C) encounter evil in the story.
D) be shipwrecked on the island.
Which is the most plausible prediction based on this passage?
A) That there will be a twist dealing with the idea of hunting.
B) That there will be a heavy element of philosophy in the rest of the story.
C) That there will be a giant jaguar on the island that tries to eat the men.
D) None of these choices represent a logical prediction to be made about the rest of the text.
