Question

In Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game," the main character, Sanger Rainsford, is a former war hero. Which sentence from this excerpt hints at his time serving in the war?

He had not been entirely clearheaded when the chateau gates snapped shut behind him.

He saw that straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea.

Rainsford had dug himself in in France when a second's delay meant death.

The pit grew deeper; when it was above his shoulders, he climbed out and from some hard saplings cut stakes and sharpened them to a fine point.

Then, wet with sweat and aching with tiredness, he crouched behind the stump of a lightning-charred tree.

Answer 1

The answer is Rainsford had dug himself in in France when a second's delay meant death.

Answer 2

The sentence in Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" that suggests of Sanger Rainsford's time serving in the war would be the excerpt "Rainsford had dug himself in in France when a second's delay meant death."

The mentioned sentence talks about a life-or-death situation wherein Rainsford needed to dug himself or else he will be killed. This situation suggests an imminent danger and therefore hints at a war.