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Worksheets"A Sound of Thunder" Reading Check
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why does Eckels want to travel back in time?
a)
to escape the police
b)
to live in a simpler time
c)
to do scientific research
d)
to hunt big game
2.
What kind of a leader does President Keith seem to be?
a)
peace-loving and democratic
b)
harsh and cruel
c)
a puppet of the rich and powerful
d)
a mental and physical weakling
3.
Travis asks the time travelers to obey several rules. By far the most important of these rules is to
a)
wear oxygen masks
b)
stay on the Path
c)
aim for the dinosaur's eyes
d)
take turns shooting
4.
Why, according to Travis, must the time travelers be very careful not to kill any plants or creatures from the past?
a)
Because by changing anything in the past they might greatly alter the future
b)
Because there is a government fine for illegal hunting in the past
c)
Because some of the living things are important to human beings
d)
Because they might hurt themselves
5.
Just before returning home, Travis orders Eckels to
a)
retrieve the bullets
b)
bury the monster
c)
pay a fine
d)
sign a release
6.
What is the first thing Eckels notices when he returns from the time safari?
a)
The sign on the office door
b)
The mud on his boots
c)
The crushed butterfly
d)
That Deutscher has been elected president
7.
What is different about the sign on the office wall when Eckels returns?
a)
It has been replaced by a portrait of the new president.
b)
It has been turned upside down.
c)
The words are spelled differently.
d)
It is in a foreign language.
8.
How does Eckels seem to feel about Deutscher's election as president at the end of the story?
a)
He is happy at this turn of events
b)
He feels despair at this change
c)
he thinks Deutscher will be good for the country
d)
He doesn't care who is president
9.
What has Eckels done to change the course of time?
a)
He left a bullet in the dinosaur
b)
He removed his oxygen mask
c)
He killed a butterfly
d)
he stepped on the jungle grass
10.
The "sound of thunder" referred to in the last line of the story is actually the sound of
a)
a dinosaur falling
b)
a violent storm
c)
an angry voice
d)
a rifle shot
11.
How does Time Safari Inc. attempt to keep hunters from changing time?
a)
An antigravity path
b)
Oxygen masks
c)
Marking animals with red paint
d)
All of the above
12.
How has the future changed because of Eckels' mistake?
a)
Keith loses the election.
b)
Humanity is wiped out by war.
c)
The world has been conquered by Martians.
13.
Who wrote "A Sound of Thunder"?
a)
Isaac Asimov
b)
Richard Connell
c)
Ray Bradbury
d)
Chris Schillig
14.
Who is the main character?
a)
Mr. Travis
b)
Eckels
c)
T-Rex
d)
President Keith
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