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WorksheetsA Sound of Thunder
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins
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
Which word means able to recover quickly
infinitesimally
resilient
subtle
Which word means to cancel
resilient
revoke
primeval
Pick the vocab word that best fits this question: If you traveled back in Time and stepped on a mouse, what could you possibly do?
Annihilate them
Revoke them
Remit them
Pick the vocab word that best describes this sentence: Mr. Travis said the caveman was a species we could not risk losing. The caveman was not __________.
subliminal
expendable
resilient
What is foreshadowing in literature?
The main idea of the story.
The main character.
A warning of what is going to happen later.
The conflict.
Pick the vocab word that best fits this question: Dinosaurs and caveman lived in ancient times.
subtle
primeval
infinitesimally
When Eckels returned home, what did he have at the bottom of his boots covered in mud?
a fly
a dinosaur
a butterfly
Who killed Eckels?
Keith
Travis
Lesperance
How can Eckels be characterized when he steps off the path?
Defiant and aggressive
Rebellious and curious
Brave and daring
Confused and scared
Why does Lesperance say, “We can’t take a trophy back to the future with us.”
“1492. 1776. 1812.”
What year does the story take place?
2555
2055
2019
3055
What kind of dinosaur does Eckels want to hunt?
Raptor
Brontasaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Triceratops
What does the safari guarantee?
Dinosaurs
A good time
You will come back alive
Good weather
"We don't want to change the Future. We don't belong here in the Past" implies......
that a change to the past may happen and affect the future
that a change may happen to the present and affect the future
that there is nothing wrong with going back into the past
that there is nothing wrong with going ahead into the future
"The Machine roared" is an example of .....
personification
simile
metaphor
imagery
What did the hunters mean when they referred to a trophy?
An actual gold trophy
the T-Rex’s head
a butterfly
$10,000 cash prize
Who is the author of “A Sound of Thunder”?
(a)
How many hunters and safari leaders died the previous year?
12 hunters and 6 leaders
6 hunters and 12 leaders
18 hunters and 2 leaders
2 hunters and 18 leaders
What are the names of the other two hunters on the trip?
Killings and Bramer
Billings and Kramer
Travis and Lesprance
Travis and Eckles
What kind of literary device is the following in paragraph 4: "... a snaking and humming of wires and steel boxes." (a)
If tone is how the author feels, choose all that apply.
afraid
exciting
threatened
angry
prideful
If mood is how the reader feels, click all that apply to the story.
anxious
stressed
surprised
grateful
What kind of literary device is the following in paragraph 16: "Time was a film run backward." (a)
Upon returning to Times Safari, Inc. office, what is the first thing that Eckels notices?
That the spelling on the sign had changed
A faint smell in the air
The color of the desk
That the man behind the desk was different
What is the penalty for disobeying instruction while on safari?
Death
$10,000 and government action
Being trapped in the time you travelled to
Community service
What type of literary device is the following in paragraph 44: "Each lower leg was a piston."? (a)
What type of literary device is the following in paragraph 44: "...pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior."
simile
metaphor
symbolism
mood
What type of literary device is the following in paragraph 44: "It ran with a gliding ballet step..."
simile
metaphor
alliteration
foreshadowing
What acronym do we use for a (SCR) Short Constructed Response question?
(a)
What does SCR stand for?
(a)
How do you write the "A" in ACE?
restate prompt + 2 reasons
answer
restate prompt + answer
How do you write the 'C' in ACE?
cite evidence: For example, in paragraph __, the author states "...".
cite evidence: quote
cite answer
cite restatement and answer
What is a sentence starter that you can use for the 'E' in ACE?
What this means is
For example, in paragraph __, the author states "...".
restate prompt + answer
Match the following
-
hyphen
,
comma
" "
quotation marks
'
apostrophe
.
period
