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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Nat give Jill as to why the birds won’t attack them on their way to the farm?
(a) Because it’s light out
(b) Because they’re not hungry
(c) Because the attacks are over now
(d) Because the tide hasn’t turned

2. What detail about the Trigg farm initially fills Nat with misgiving?
(a) The eerie silence on the farm
(b) The broken windows
(c) The bloody animals in their pens
(d) The lack of smoke coming from the chimney

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

4. What had Mrs. Trigg attempted to use to fight off the birds, to no avail?
(a) A butcher’s knife.
(b) A shovel.
(c) A rolling pin.
(d) An umbrella.

5. During the third attack, what does Nat find smoldering in the kitchen fire?
(a) The mattress.
(b) The children’s clothing.
(c) Birds.
(d) Rodents.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the third attack, what emotion overcomes Nat?

2. What does Nat realize the droning during dinner really is?

3. During the third attack, what room does Nat realize the birds have broken into?

4. Which type of dead bird litters the Trigg farm?

5. Which adjective best describes the announcer’s voice during his afternoon broadcast?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Hocken family respond to the six o’clock news announcement?

2. How does the radio music change during the attacks, and what does this signify?

3. During the final attack, what does Nat wonder about the birds’ mindset?

4. Why does Nat drive through the second gate to his home after leaving the Trigg farm?

5. What does Mrs. Hocken chide Johnny about during dinner in the story’s final section, and why is this ironic?

6. When Nat leaves the house for the first time to gather supplies, what does he notice about the birds?

7. How does Nat use the bird corpses to reinforce his barricades, and how does he feel about this?

8. Why does Nat decide to take his family with him to the Trigg farm in search of supplies?

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

10. Why does silence fill the Hocken house after the third attack, and what does this mean?

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