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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 sees the birds fly through the window.
(b) He hears the children screaming.
(c) He hears the birds’ wings. beating together
(d) He smells the birds’ animal scent through the walls.

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

3. When Nat returns home from burying the bodies, what news does his wife deliver?
(a) The army is sending planes to fight against the attacking birds.
(b) There have been bird attacks all around the country.
(c) Their daughter has been attacked while at school.
(d) Mr. Trigg is dead.

4. What is Mrs. Trigg’s reaction to Nat’s story about the previous night’s attack?
(a) She is skeptical.
(b) She is amused.
(c) She is confused.
(d) She is horrified.

5. How many days does Nat work on the farm?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what “changed overnight” at the story’s opening?

2. In the story’s opening paragraph, what does the reader learn about Nat Hocken?

3. What wind does Nat claim brought the birds to his neighborhood?

4. What type of birds were involved in the previous night’s attack?

5. How does Nat react to his wife’s news?

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