"A twenty-two," [Rainsford] remarked. "That's odd. It
must have been : fairly large animal too. The hunter had
What can be concluded about Rainsford from his
his nerve with him to tackle it with : light gun. It's clear
dialogue?|
that the brute put up
fight. I suppose the first three
What does Rainsford say that indicates he admires the
hunter?
shots I heard was when the hunter flushed his quarry and
wounded it. The last shot was when he trailed it here and
What can be concluded about Rainsford from the
narration?
finished it."
He examined the ground closely and found what he had
What word does the narrator use that helps the reader
hoped to find - the print of hunting boots. They pointed
draw this conclusion?
along the cliff in the direction he had been going. Eagerly
he hurried along, now slipping on a rotten log or a loose
stone, but making headway; night was beginning to settle
down on the island.
-"The Most Dangerous Game,'
Richard Connell
