Duplicate of A Sound of Thunder

Question 1

The hunters are allowed to kill dinosaurs that have been marked with red paint because

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they are about to die anyways

Question 2

At the end of the story, Eckels gets the first clue that things may have changed when he...

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smells the air

Question 3

A field of wheat would undulate because of...

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a breeze

Question 4

The Butterfly Effect can best be described as the theory that...

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Small changes in the ecosystems can have huge effects

Question 5

What does the sound of thunder at the end of the story strongly hint has happened?

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Travis shoots Eckels

Question 6

We associate primeval animals with...

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the distant past

Question 7

The following is an example of what literary device: "Time was a film run backwards"

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metaphor

Question 8

Expendable supplies are those one can...

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do without

Question 9

Why does Eckels return to the T-rex?

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To retrieve the bullets from it

Question 10

What character trait of Deutscher might explain the change in the writing on the sign?

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he is anti-intellectual

Question 11

The following is an example of what literary device: "The machine howled"

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Personification

Question 12

What is the government mostly afraid will happen with expeditions to the past?

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Something changed in the past will alter the future

Question 13

What leads Eckels to stray off the path?

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panic

Question 14

All of the following are reasons that Travis becomes angry with Eckels except that...

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Travis fears that they won't be allowed to return to 2055

Question 15

The path through the jungle is mainly intended to...

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Prevent history from changing

Question 16

Which item is most resilient?

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rubber

Question 17

The following is an example of what literary device: "Each lower leg was a piston"?

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metaphor

Question 18

At the end, what does the change in the spelling of TIME SAFARI signify?

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that the travelers have disrupted history

Question 19

Which belief leads Eckels to decide not to kill the dinosaur?

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There is no way it could be killed

Question 20

What is the first "Sound of Thunder" in the story?

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Footsteps of the T-rex

Question 21

The following is an example of what literary device: "Examining men like toys"?

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simile

Question 22

The story suggests that, had Eckelsshot the dinosaur instead of panicking, history would...

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have changed in no significant or noticeable way

Question 23

In the story, which of the following actually changes the future?

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A butterfly's unnatural death

Question 24

What do legislators do when they revoke a law?

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do away with it

Question 25

In this story, a theme would be...

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Small changes can have big effects

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