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A Sound of Thunder
Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To utterly destroy...eliminate | annihilate |
| considered to be not worth keeping | expendable |
| small...immeasurable | infinitesimally |
| belonging to the first or earliest...ancient | primeval |
| ability to recover readily...return to original form | resilient |
| to take back or withdraw | revoke |
| to enclose in or as if in a casing or covering | sheathed |
| below the threshold of conscious perception | subliminal |
| a trace of something bad | taint |
| a smooth rising or falling | undualte |
| opposite of what normally is supposed to happen | paradox |
| acquisition of money by dishonest or illegal means | graft |
| What company does Eckels go to visit? | Time Safari Inc. |
| Who is the Safari Leader? | Mr. Travis |
| How many years to the men travel back to the past? | 60,002,055 years |
| How do the men know which dinosaurs to shot? | they are marked with red paint |
| What is unique about the dinosaurs...why were they chosen? | they have no future |
| Where was Eckels going when he stepped off of the path? | the time machine |
| What did Travis threaten to do to Eckels? | leave him behind |
| What was the first thing that Eckels notices upon their return? | an odd feel in the air (subliminal) |
| What is on the bottom of Eckels' boot? | a butterfly |
| When Eckels asks who won the election, what is the reply? | Deutscher |
| What does Deutscher mean? | German |
| What does Travis do at the end of the story? | shoots Eckels |
| What is the last line of the story? | a sound of thunder |
| Who wrote the story "A Sound of Thunder"? | Ray Bradbury |
| What is the theme of the story? | If you change something in the past it could change the future |