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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 does Mr. Trigg do for a living?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He is a schoolteacher.
(c) He is a scientist.
(d) He is a newscaster.

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

3. After looking in the larder, how long does Nat reckon his family can survive with their current supplies?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four days.
(d) One day.

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

5. What does Mr. Trigg think is affecting the birds’ behavior?
(a) Air traffic.
(b) The weather
(c) The tides..
(d) Pollution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nat find most annoying about the radio news broadcaster?

2. Which of the following bird species is NOT mentioned in the one o’clock news?

3. With each attack, what has changed about the birds?

4. Who does Mrs. Trigg suggest Nat should call to find out the reason behind the bird attacks?

5. During the attacks, where does Nat decide his family should sleep?

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