Take Quiz Exit
What are the words that create suspense in
this passage?
It was General Zaroff. He made his way a
long with his eyes fixed in
utmost concentration on the ground befor
e him. He paused, almost beneath
the tree, dropped to his knees and studi
ed the ground. Rainsford's
impulse was to hurt himself down like a
panther, but he saw that the
general's right hand held something meta
llic--a small automatic pistol.
The hunter shook his head several times,
as if he were puzzled. Then he
straightened up and took from his case o
ne of his black cigarettes; its
pungent incenselike smoke floated up to
Rainsford's nostrils.
Rainsford held his breath. The general's
eyes had left the ground and
were traveling inch by inch up the tree.
O hurl himself down like a panther
O incenselike smoke floated up
O traveling inch by inch