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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 16-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nat worry about when he turns the wireless off?
(a) Saving the radio battery.
(b) How he will hear the news.
(c) Whether he has frightened the children.
(d) What happened to the news announcer.

2. While driving home from the farm, whose body does Mrs. Hocken spot, and request Nat drive carefully around?
(a) The bus driver.
(b) The milkman.
(c) The postman.
(d) The news announcer.

3. What does Nat realize the droning during dinner really is?
(a) Fighter planes.
(b) The birds.
(c) Trigg’s truck.
(d) Gunfire.

4. What music, coming from the wireless radio, alerts Nat that something is wrong?
(a) Classical music.
(b) Dance music.
(c) Patriotic music.
(d) Rock music.

5. Where does Nat find the farmhand’s body?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In the garage.
(c) On the lawn.
(d) In the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which aspect of the birds’ behavior does Nat find most interesting?

2. In the face of impending attacks, what does the announcer ask the population to do?

3. What lighthearted offer does Mr. Trigg make to Nat for the next morning?

4. After turning off the wireless, what time do the children finally fall asleep?

5. How does Jill get to school each day?

(see the answer key)

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