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  • What happened to Eckles at the end?
    Travis shot and killed him (because Eckles messed up the future)
  • What was "the sound of thunder"?
    Travis shooting Eckles
  • What year did they end up in at the end of the story?
    2055
  • What did the dinosaur look like?
    It was very glittery, had a green tinge, its legs looked like pistons, it had delicate "watchmaker hands", and its skin was slimy.
  • What kind of Dinosaur was killed?
    Tyrannosaurus Rex (TRex, His Majesty)
  • How did Eckles act when they first stepped out of the time machine into the pristine primeval forest?
    He was flippant and foolhardy. Eckles was acting like a little kid, playing around with his gun.
  • What did Travis want to do to Eckel’s because he stepped off the path?
    Travis wanted to leave him in the past.
  • Which presidential candidate won in the beginning of the story?
    Keith
  • -Why did Eckles put his hand inside the dinosaur’s mouth?
    Travis forced him to dig out the bullets as punishment.
  • What does a safety catch on a gun do?
    Keeps the gun from firing
  • Where on the dinosaur's body did the guides tell the hunters to aim?
    They told them to aim for the eyes, since they are a better target than the brains.
  • How much do you have to pay to go on a time safari?
    10K
  • Where did they say the dinosaur’s 2 brains are located?
    The head and spinal column (but the spinal column was a myth that has been debunked)
  • Describe Deutscher
    he was a dictator, anti-human, anti-Christ
  • What did the author compare the T Rex’s skin to?
    steaming armor
  • How much penalty is it if you do not follow directions?
    Another 10k
  • What might happen if you kill one mouse in the past?
    Then the mouse will die, and all the mouse’s families in the future will die, this may cause a domino effect with other animals
  • What does “rex” mean?
    King
  • How many years back in the past did they travel?
    over 60 million years
  • Why do they have to stay on the anti-gravity path?
    So the hunters don’t step on plants or animals that could change the future.
  • -Why didn’t Travis kill Eckles earlier?
    He possibly had some sympathy and Lesperance begged him not to kill.
  • What did Eckles do when he realized he couldn’t kill the dinosaur?
    He was numb and in shock and wandered off the path, into the jungle.
  • How much money did Eckles try to bribe the guides with so that he would not be left behind?
    $100k
  • What did they see when they landed back in time?
    Grass, trees, ancient plants, *metal anti-gravity path.
  • How do the hunters know what animals to kill?
    They go back in time before the hunt and mark an animal that is about to die with red paint then the hunters kill the animal they marked.
  • Why didn't the hunters want to take a picture of the dead dinosaur?
    Because of PTSD- they didn’t want to remember the traumatic experience.
  • How many seconds did it take the dinosaur to go 100 yards?
    6 seconds
  • -How did the butterfly change the future?
    Deutscher won the election and the language/spelling changed.
  • Why are the hunters only allowed to shoot certain dinosaurs?
    Dinosaurs were already going to die soon, so killing them won’t change the future.
  • Why couldn’t they take the trophy (T-Rex's body) back?
    It was illegal and they couldn’t mess with nature.
  • -What kinds of figurative language occur most in this story?
    Similes metaphors, and personification
  • Why does Eckels sign a release before the safari?
    So that if he gets hurt the company does not get sued.
  • What presidential candidate won at the end of the story?
    Deutscher
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