“A Sound of thunder” Quiz

1. Who wrote “A Sound of Thunder”? 2. When is the story set? (You must give both settings) 3. Identify one key message that the author is trying to convey through this short story. 4. Which of the following themes are explored in “A Sound of Thunder”?: Every action has a consequence Technological advances can cause humanity a lot of problems if we don’t use them right. Humans should not play with the course of nature, it can have catastrophic results. NB. What similarities do you notice about the message and themes in the story?

Complete the following quotations: 5. “Eckels glanced across the …… office at a mass and tangle, a …………. and humming of wires and steel boxes, at an …………. that flickered now orange, now silver, now blue.” 6. “The jungle was ……… and the jungle was ……… and the jungle was the entire ……….. forever and forever. Sounds like ………… and sounds like ……… ............... filled the sky…” 7. “Eckels ……….. on the padded seat, his face ……….., his jaw …….. He felt the trembling in his arms and he looked down and found his hands ………. on the …….. rifle.” 8. “"Why, why," Eckels twitched his mouth. "It could reach up and grab the ……..."” 9. “"Can't we," he pleaded to the ………, to ……….., to the …………., to the …………, "can't we take ………. back, can't we make it alive again? Can't we ………. over? Can't we-"”

Complete the following quotations: 10. “We're here to give you the ……….. ………. a real hunter ever asked for. Traveling you back ………. ………. years to bag the biggest ……… in all of Time.” 11. “a great evil ……” 12. “Each lower leg was a ………, a thousand pounds of ……… ………., sunk in thick ………. of muscle, sheathed over in a ………. of pebbled skin like the ……… of a ………… warrior.” 13. “Like a stone ……… , like a …………. ……………, Tyrannosaurus fell.” 14. “It fell to the floor, an …………. thing, a ……….. thing that could upset ………….. and knock down a line of small …………… and then big ………… and then gigantic ………………, all down the ……….. …………… …………...”

In groups create a thorough plan for this Q: Choose a novel or a short story in which setting in place and/or time is an important feature. Briefly describe the setting(s) and explain the importance of this feature to the story.

In groups create a thorough plan for this Q: Choose a novel or short story or a piece of non-fiction which appealed to you because of its theme or topic. Say what the theme or topic is and show how the writer makes it appealing.