A Sound of Thunder

What type of leader does President Keith seem to be?

• fair and just

• militaristic

• harsh and cruel

• weak

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

• wear boots

• aim for the dinosaur's eyes

• stay on the path

• take turns shooting

Travis says, " The cave man... is not just any expendable man, no! He is an entire future nation." Which one of the following words is closest in meaning to "expendable"?

• dependable

• commendable

• useless

• defendable

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

• Because by changing anything in the past, they might greatly alter the future

• Because some of the living things are important to human beings.

• Because there is a shortage of dinosaurs

• Because there is a shortage of bullets

When the dinosaur begins to attack, Eckels

• shoots it in the brain

• becomes frightened and runs

• shoots and misses

• takes a picture

Just before heading home, Travis orders Eckels to

• go get the bullets out of the dinosaur

• pay a fine

• bury the T-Rex

• sign a waiver

What is the first thing that Eckels notices when he returns from the time safari?

• The sign on the office door

• The crushed butterfly

• The mud on his boot

• That Deutscher has been elected president

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

• It has been replaced by a portrait of the new president

• the words are spelled differently

• It has been turned upside down

• it is missing entirely

How does Eckels seem to feel about Deutscher's election as president at the end of the story?

• He is happy at this turn of events.

• He thinks Deutscher will be good for the country

• he feels despair at this change

• he doesn't care who is president

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