Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury Quiz

The hunters are allowed to kill dinosaurs that have been marked with red paint because those dinosaurs

• aren't real.

• have only one brain.

• are the easiest to kill.

• are about to die anyway.

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What leads Eckels to stray off the path?

• panic

• curiosity

• anger

• necessity

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In the story, which of the following actually changes the future?

• a butterfly's natural death

• a butterfly's unnatural death

• a dinosaur's natural death

• a dinosaur's unnatural death

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At the end of the story, what event does the sound of thunder strongly hint at?

• the end of the world

• Travis's shooting Eckels

• the butterfly's death

• Eckels’s shooting himself

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The path through the jungle is mainly intended to

• prevent history from changing.

• protect the hunters from dinosaurs.

• protect the dinosaurs from hunters.

• make it easier to walk through the jungle.

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What is one of the themes of the story?

• It’s important to leave mice alone.

• A democrat is much better than a dictator.

• Every action has a consequence.

• Dinosaurs exemplify the beauty of creation.

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What happens to who the president is once that Eckels has stepped on the butterfly.

• Keith is still president and nothing has changed.

• Deutscher is president instead of Keith

• Deutscher was president before the trip and is still president after the trip.

• There is no such thing as a president in the future.

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Eckels pays to travel through time because he wants to:

• Change how we see colors

• Escape the election results

• Shoot a dinosaur

• Understand history

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Which of the following foreshadows what happens at the end of the story?

• the high price of the trip

• the warning to stay on the path

• the red paint on the dinosaur

• the death of the dinosaur

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How does Eckels view money?

• Eckels doesn’t have very much money so he doesn’t ever say much about it

• Eckels never discusses money—he is quiet on the matter.

• Eckels is poor and is worried that he won’t be able to pay for his hunting trip.

• Eckels has a lot of money and thinks it can get him out of any kind of trouble.

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