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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 does Nat worry about when he turns the wireless off?
(a) What happened to the news announcer.
(b) Whether he has frightened the children.
(c) Saving the radio battery.
(d) How he will hear the news.

2. At three o’clock, Nat sees that the sky is “colorless.” What does he compare it to?
(a) Teeth.
(b) Salt.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Snow.

3. According to the announcer, at what time was a national emergency declared?
(a) 4 o’clock.
(b) 8 o’clock.
(c) 6 o’clock.
(d) 10 o’clock.

4. Why can’t Nat bury the bird bodies in his back garden?
(a) There's not enough space.
(b) The ground is too hard.
(c) His wife forbids it.
(d) He's afraid of their evil spirits.

5. What part of Mrs. Trigg’s body does Nat see and immediately know she is dead?
(a) Her legs.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her arms.
(d) Her back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Apart from food, water, and wood what supply does Nat realize his family is low on?

2. Throughout the story, whom does Nat often order to “do what I tell you”?

3. After the first attack, what part of the children’s body does Nat realize the birds were trying to attack?

4. What has the farmhand died next to?

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

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