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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 11-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of birds were involved in the previous night’s attack?
(a) Medium birds, like robins.
(b) Large birds, like seagulls.
(c) Hunting birds, like hawks.
(d) Small birds, like wrens.

2. What does Nat do with the bird bodies he finds in his yard?
(a) He stacks them on the windowsills to enforce the barricades.
(b) He stores them for fire kindling.
(c) He leaves them to rot.
(d) He takes them to the beach for burial.

3. What excuse does Nat give when the morning news announcement fails to broadcast?
(a) The announcer must have forgotten.
(b) The birds must have killed the announcer.
(c) He must have heard the time wrong.
(d) The birds must be clogging up the airwaves.

4. Which of the following bird species is NOT mentioned in the one o’clock news?
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Thrush.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Pigeon.

5. Why hasn’t Mr. Trigg boarded up his windows against the attacking birds?
(a) He thinks his dogs will scare them off.
(b) He didn’t have enough time.
(c) He has hung barbed wire instead.
(d) He doesn’t believe they’ll attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What frightens the children enough for Nat to shout at them to “Stop crying”?

2. What does Mr. Trigg offer Nat for protection against the birds?

3. What type of bird makes a kamikaze dive toward Nat’s head?

4. Who offers to drive Jill home from the bus stop?

5. Who suggests that the army should shoot the birds out of the sky?

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