The guy is a fanatic hunter, he enjoys the thrill of the hunt.
1 (D) The loneliness of human beings
2 (A) The heron feeding on the snake in the pond
3 (D) The rabbits are part of George and Lennie's dream of one day having their own farm
4 (A) Flashback
5 (A) Time order/sequence signal words
6 (C) As a point of tension in the plot's rising action
It is distant past
an·tiq·ui·ty<span>anˈtikwədē/</span>noun1.the ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages."the great civilizations of antiquity"<span>synonyms:<span>ancient times, the ancient past, classical times, the distant past"the civilizations of antiquity"</span></span>