"Rights to the Streets of Memphis" and "Sound of Thunder"

What problem is Wright facing at the beginning of the story?

• He wants a pair of blue suede shoes

• His hunger is becoming something he can’t ignore

• His mother forces him to eat something he doesn't like

• He and his father have gotten into an argument

What life-changing event does Wright reveal while speaking to his mother? (lines 39-56)?

• His mother is deathly ill

• His father is deathly ill

• His father left the family

• He is going to have a baby sibling

What happens when Wright leaves his home to get food for his family?

• He gets beaten up by a gang of boys

• Someone robs the grocery store

• He trips and the food falls to the ground

• He sees one of his good friends

The narrator's mother forces her son to confront the gang because she

• is hungry

• wants him to get a job

• wants him to stand up for himself

• is mad at him

3. What is the story's "central" or main conflict?

• the narrator having to care for his brother

• the narrator facing the gang of boys

• the narrator arguing with his mother

• the narrator resenting his father

Which of the following describes how the narrator feels after his first encounter with the gang?

• superior

• regretful

• ashamed

• panicked

How does the behavior of the gang members change toward the narrator throughout the story?

• At first they bully and beat him, then they run away from him.

• At first they make fun of him, then they make friends with him.

• At first they steal his groceries, then they take his money.

• At first they threaten his mother, then they threaten him.

Eckels travels with Time Safari because he wants to---

• be young again

• hunt dinosaurs

• correct past mistakes

• learn how time machines work

What kind of a leader does President Keith seem to be?

• peace-loving and democratic
• harsh and cruel
• a puppet of the rich and powerful
• a mental and physical weakling

Why, according to Travis, must the time travelers be very careful not to kill any plants or creatures from the past?

• Because by changing anything in the past they might greatly alter the future
• Because there is a government fine for illegal hunting in the past
• Because some of the living things are important to human beings
• Because they might hurt themselves