2. What sound fills the room when the news announcement fails to broadcast?
(a) Static.
(b) Advertisements.
(c) Dance music.
(d) Silence.

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

4. Upon arriving at the Trigg farm, what does Nat notice about the sheep?
(a) The birds have slaughtered them.
(b) They cower, terrified, in their pen.
(c) They are thin and emaciated.
(d) They have broken through. the fence to graze

5. After turning off the wireless, what time do the children finally fall asleep?
(a) 8:30 am.
(b) 4 o’clock pm.
(c) Noon.
(d) Midnight.

6. During the third attack, what room does Nat realize the birds have broken into?
(a) The living room.
(b) The children’s bedroom.
(c) The attic.
(d) The pantry.

7. While driving home from the farm, whose body does Mrs. Hocken spot, and request Nat drive carefully around?
(a) The news announcer.
(b) The milkman.
(c) The bus driver.
(d) The postman.

8. How does Nat enter the Trigg home?
(a) With his spare key.
(b) By breaking open the door.
(c) Through a smashed window.
(d) Through the unlocked front door.

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

10. If the family lasts through the next attack, what does Nat plan to add to the windows to reinforce his barricade?
(a) Bars.
(b) Corrugated metal.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) Broken glass.

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

12. What does Nat tell his wife when she asks about the Triggs’ wellbeing?
(a) That they have gone to stay with friends
(b) That he has no idea where they are
(c) That they are hiding out in the barn
(d) That they are dead

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

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

15. Before the final attack, what is the Hocken family eating for dinner?
(a) Toasted cheese.
(b) Fried chicken.
(c) Spaghetti and meatballs.
(d) Soup.