"A Sound of Thunder" Quiz. (30) Name:                                  Date:               Period:
Vocabulary h/w Sheet: ____/20
Warm Ups for the week: ____/15
Vocabulary Practices: ____/13   ___/12
Mental Floss:
"ASoT"

1. (3) Do an SWBS for Eckels. (Eckels wanted... but... so...)
   
   
   
2. (5) Do a 5W for the ending of "ASoT."
• Who:
• What:
• When:
• Where:
• Why:
3. (4) How was Eckels's behavior different before vs. after they see the T-Rex?
   
   • Before:
   • Quote that demonstrates:
     
   • After:
   • Quote that demonstrates:
     
4. (3) What could the phrase "a sound of thunder" reasonably represent in this story? 
   
   
5. The climax of "ASoT" was when...
   
   
   
6. The resolution of "ASoT" was when...
   
   
   
7. The theme of "ASoT" is probably... (Hint: Look at the quote in question #11.)
   
   
   

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   Vocabulary. Open notebook; not handout. Write the correct answer in the blank.
   graft, resilient, infinitesimal, expendable, emanate, paradox, poised, undulate, finicky
   
8. When we moved, we got rid of everything that we considered ____________.
   
9. The smells ___________(ing) from the kitchen were very tempting.  
   
10. He tried to be very ____________ and calm when he met his girlfriend's parents.
    
11. "Crushing certain plants could add up _________________(ly). A little, tiny error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion." 
    
12. "The government doesn’t like us here. We have to pay big _____________ to keep our business." 
    
13. Kids who learn to be ____________ are better able to cope when things go bad.  
    
14. "It ran with a gliding ballet step, far too _____________ and balanced for its ten tons." 
    
15. "The more things change, the more they stay the same," is an old French saying. It is also an example of a(n)______________.  
    
16. Mrs. Delmartini is very ________________ about grammar. You had better proofread every paper closely in 8th grade. 
    
17. "And the caveman, please note, is not just any _________________ man... He is an entire future nation."
    
18. In some poorer countries, the police are paid so little that they have to resort to ________________ to survive.  
19. Since there were 1,000 points possible in the quarter, one or two would be a(n) ________________________ amount.