A Sound of Thunder Reading Check - Dreama Craven | Biblioteka

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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

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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

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When Eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he--

changes his mind about the safari

attacks the other hunters

shoots and steps off of the path

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.