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A Sound of Thunder Reading Check
By Dreama Craven
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Question 1
1.
At the beginning of the story, what event has just occurred?
Time Travel has been outlawed
Keith has been elected president
Eckels has just gotten a new job
Eckels just killed a monkey
Question 2
2.
The men who travel back in time are told they must-
NOT shoot animals with red paint on them
promise not to tell anyone what they see
stay on the safari path
maintain a strict diet a week before departure
Question 3
3.
When Eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he--
changes his mind about the safari
attacks the other hunters
shoots and steps off of the path
Question 4
4.
Travis is angry with Eckels because--
he and Eckels are old rivals
Eckels has attacked other humans
thinks Eckels is an arrogant fool
Eckels stepped off the path
Question 5
5.
In this story the future is altered because--
the dinosaur was killed
the wrong man won the presidency
Travis left Eckels behind
Eckels didn't follow instructions
Question 6
6.
Which of these is NOT a precaution Time Safari Inc took in "A Sound of Thunder" when traveling back in time?
Breathing helmets/equipment so they don't breathe the air.
A path created so they did not crush any living things.
A fee of 10,000 dollars for anyone who wants to go on the safari.
A penalty for going off the path
Question 7
7.
In "A Sound of Thunder" the hunters are allowed to kill dinosaurs that have been marked with red paint because those dinosaurs
are easiest to kill
have only one brain
aren't real
are about to die anyway
Question 8
8.
In the story "A Sound of Thunder", which of the following actually changes the future?
a dinosaur's natural death
a dinosaur's unnatural death
a butterfly's natural death
a butterfly's unnatural death
Question 9
9.
The path through the jungle in "A Sound of Thunder" is mainly intended to
prevent history from changing.
make it easier to walk through the jungle.
protect the hunters from the dinosaurs.
portect the dinosaurs from the hunters.