Worksheets"The Sound of Thunder" Test Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of conflict does this story contain?
a)
Man vs. Man
b)
Man vs. Society
c)
Man vs. Nature
d)
All of the above
2.
Does the government approve of this travel company?
a)
Yes
b)
No
3.
A passage from the story uses the term paradox. What does this word/term imply?
a)
something where two doctors will be involved
b)
something forbidden to happen by the government
c)
something that no one has an explanation for
d)
something that the rules of nature don’t allow
4.
According to the story’s theory, why can’t you see yourself when you go back in time?
a)
You can’t be two places at one time
b)
Time doesn’t allow it to happen - it shifts aside
c)
Time won’t go back to when you were alive
d)
You would disappear if you did
5.
Who is elected president at the beginning of the story?
a)
Deutscher
b)
Ryan
c)
Keith
d)
Thomas
6.
A statement from the story uses the term "big graft". What does this term imply?
a)
there is a big miscommunication with the government
b)
that graft is really important
c)
that they have to bribe the government a lot
d)
that there is a man named Big Graft who takes bribes
7.
A passage from the story uses the word undulate. What does this word imply?
a)
that the dinosaur is spazzing and twitching
b)
that the dinosaur has movement all over it
c)
that the dinosaur is squirming around
d)
that the dinosaur’s stench is extremely powerful
8.
Why does Eckels step off the path?
a)
Because he wants to destroy the future
b)
To get back to the time machine more quickly
c)
To shoot the T-Rex
d)
To pick a flower
9.
This story is based on the idea that time travel does not really affect the future.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The bullets had to be removed to keep the government from knowing they were there.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Why would the killing of a small creature millions of years ago be such a problem?
a)
To kill anything could alter how dinosaurs develop and maybe dinosaurs will exist in the present
b)
There is always the possibility that it could be a rare plant or creature we need and we might wipe it out.
c)
The government would be unhappy with them and revoke their license.
d)
The death of a small thing now could set up a negative chain of events that affects the future.
12.
How has the language changed when the safari team returns to the future?
a)
We are now speaking a language with a slight accent to it.
b)
People speak a slightly different form of English than before they left.
c)
Words are now spelled based on how they sound instead of grammatically.
d)
The language has remained the same, but words have taken on a new meaning
13.
Why was Travis most likely to be willing to kill Eckels for the mistake he made?
a)
What Eckels did almost got the whole expedition trapped back in time.
b)
What Eckels did could change the entire future of civilization.
c)
What Eckels did could cost them thousands of dollars in bribes to the government.
d)
What Eckels did ruined their entire safari and almost lost them the other hunters
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