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

2. What frightens the children enough for Nat to shout at them to “Stop crying”?
(a) The birds pecking at their windows.
(b) The sight of Nat holding a gun.
(c) The birds burning in the fireplace.
(d) The sound of their mother shrieking in the bathroom.

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

4. Which character thinks an army attack against the birds would be a “waste of life”?
(a) Mr. Trigg.
(b) Nat Hocken.
(c) Mrs. Hocken.
(d) Mrs. Trigg.

5. Which type of dead bird litters the Trigg farm?
(a) Starling.
(b) Wrens.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Gulls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mr. Trigg think has poisoned the birds?

2. How does Nat know the birds have made it into the children’s bedroom during the first attack?

3. What is Nat doing as the story comes to a close?

4. What does Nat do with the bird bodies he finds in his yard?

5. During the one o’clock news bulletin, how are the birds described?

(see the answer key)

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