Question

there. lesperance checked his watch. right on time. thats the giant tree that was scheduled to fall and kill this animal originally. he glanced at the two hunters. you want the trophy picture? what? we cant take a trophy back to the future. the body has to stay right here where it would have died originally, so the insects, birds, and bacteria can get at it, as they were intended to. everything in balance. the body stays. but we can take a picture of you standing near it. the two men tried to think, but gave up, shaking their heads. they let themselves be led along the metal path. they sank wearily into the machine cushions. they gazed back at the ruined monster, the stagnating mound, where already strange reptilian birds and golden insects were busy at the steaming armor. a sound on the floor of the time machine stiffened them. eckels sat there, shivering. im sorry, he said at last. get up! cried travis. eckels got up. go out on that path alone, said travis. he had his rifle pointed. youre not coming back in the machine. were leaving you here! lesperance seized traviss arm. wait— stay out of this! travis shook his hand away. this fool nearly killed us. but it isnt that so much, no. its his shoes! look at them! he ran off the path. that ruins us! well forfeit! thousands of dollars of insurance! we guarantee no one leaves the path. he left it. oh, the fool! ill have to report to the government. they might revoke our license to travel. who knows what hes done to time, to history! infer pause at line 355. why do you think the two hunters, billings and kramer, do not want to take trophy pictures? identify cause & effect re - read lines 369 - 376. underline what travis fears might happen because eckels stepped off the path. vocabulary revoke (ri - vok) v.: cancel

Explanation:

1. For the "INFER" question: The hunters likely don't want trophy pictures because they must keep the natural balance of the past intact. Taking a body back to the future would disrupt the ecosystem as it was meant to decompose in its original place.
2. For the "IDENTIFY CAUSE & EFFECT" question: Travis fears that because Eckels stepped off the path, they will forfeit thousands of dollars in insurance, their license to travel through time might be revoked by the government, and he is worried about the unknown consequences Eckels' actions might have on time and history.

Answer:

1. For the "INFER" question: They want to maintain the natural balance of the past and not disrupt the ecosystem by taking a body back to the future.
2. For the "IDENTIFY CAUSE & EFFECT" question: They will forfeit insurance money, their time - travel license might be revoked, and there could be unknown impacts on time and history.