A Sound of Thunder

The men who travel back in time are told they must--

• promise not to tell anyone what they see

• stay on the safari path

• not shoot animals with red paint on them

• maintain a strict diet a week before departure

At the beginning of the story, what event has just occurred?

• Time Travel has been outlawed

• Eckels has just gotten a new job

• Eckels just killed a monkey

• Keith has been elected president

Eckels travels with Time Safari because he wants to---

• correct past mistakes

• be young again

• hunt dinosaurs

• learn how time machines work

Travis is angry with Eckels because--

• he thinks Eckels is an arrogant fool

• he and Eckels are old rivals

• Eckels stepped off the path

• Eckels has attacked other humans

What does the following text foreshadow? “Stay on the path. Stay on the path!”

• Travis knows that Eckels will not stay on the path.

• Deutcher will be elected president.

• It is important to stay on the path, and Travis wants everyone to know that.

• Someone will leave the path.

Which is the best theme statement for “A Sound of Thunder”?

• Stepping carelessly can lead to negative outcomes.

• Follow directions to avoid negatively affecting democracy.

• Every action, big or small, has lasting consequences.

• All choices will eventually lead to the need for more choices.

Read the sentence from paragraph 10. "The Tyrant Lizard, the most incredible monster in history." Which word is the best synonym for incredible as it is used in this context?

• Unconvincing

• Implausible

• Spectacular

• Formidable

Worth sacrificing to gain an objective

• undulate

• paradox

• subtle

• expendable

Something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities.

• subtle

• paradox

• expendable

• undulate

Below the level of awareness

• paradox

• subliminal

• undulate

• expendable