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A Sound of Thunder Review

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8th Grade

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A Sound of Thunder Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does Eckels want to travel back in time?

To escape the police

To do scientific research

To live in a simpler time

To hunt big game

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of leader does President Keith seem to be ?

peace-loving and democratic

a puppet of the rich and powerful

harsh and cruel

mentally and physically weak

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Travis asks the time travelers to follow several rules. By far, the most important of these rules is to...

wear oxygen masks

aim for the dinosaur's eyes

stay on the Path

take turns shooting

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why, according to Travis, must the time travelers be very careful not to kill any plants or creatures from the past?

By changing anything in the past, they may greatly alter the future

Some of the living things are important to human beings

There is a government fine for killing things in the past

They might harm themselves

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the dinosaur beings to attack Eckels

Shoots it in the brain

Becomes frightened and runs

Shoots and misses

Takes a picture

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is different about the sign on the office wall when Eckels returns?

It has been replaced with a portrait of the new president

The words are spelled differently

It has been turned upside down

It is in a new language

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What has Eckels done to change the course of time?

He left a bullet in the dinosaur

He killed a butterfly

He removed his oxygen mask

He stepped on the jungle grass

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9A

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