Rainsford finds out he is about to become the prey to this crazy hunter--Zaroff.

The main character, Rainsford, hears a gunshot coming from the direction of the island, falls overboard while standing on the ship rail to look for the source of the shot, and swims to the island, where he finds thick jungle and, of all things, ___________on a bluff.

The word “game” in the title of the story has two meanings: (1) ________ and (2) the competition, or game, between the hunter (Zaroff) and the hunted (Rainsford and other human quarry). A: play B: pleasure C: hunting D: human beings as Zaroff's quarry

rub; scratch: scrape1. 1. Rainsford saw the general ____(1)____ his shoulder. He was injured, but heremained standing.2. 2. Why do they choose him? They must have ____(2)____ the bottom of the barrel.3. 3. It was not a serious wound. Just a ____(3)____ on the right arm.4. 4. He ____(4)____ away the mud on the spade.5. 5. He _____(5)___ his head. bewildered.6. 6. The table was so dirty that I could not ____(6)____ it clean. I actually had to ____(7)____ off the grease with a knife.