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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nat know the birds have made it into the children’s bedroom during the first attack?
(a) He hears the children screaming.
(b) He sees the birds fly through the window.
(c) He hears the birds’ wings. beating together
(d) He smells the birds’ animal scent through the walls.

2. What do the seagulls camouflage while Nat is burying the bird bodies?
(a) The trees.
(b) The telephone lines.
(c) The sand dunes.
(d) The waves.

3. How does Jill get to school each day?
(a) By bus.
(b) By bicycle.
(c) By walking.
(d) By carpool.

4. On the story’s first evening, what wakes Nat from sleep?
(a) The wind howling in the chimney.
(b) His daughter crying.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) Tapping at his window.

5. According to the narrator, what “changed overnight” at the story’s opening?
(a) Nat’s heart.
(b) The weather.
(c) The world.
(d) The politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many birds does Nat kill during the attack in the children’s bedroom?

2. When Nat returns home from burying the bodies, what news does his wife deliver?

3. What type of land does Nat live on?

4. At the story’s opening, how does Nat describe the birds’ strange behavior?

5. What does Mr. Trigg think is affecting the birds’ behavior?

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