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

2. What wind does Nat claim brought the birds to his neighborhood?
(a) The north wind.
(b) The east wind.
(c) The west wind.
(d) The south wind.

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

4. Throughout the story, whom does Nat often order to “do what I tell you”?
(a) His children.
(b) His neighbors.
(c) His wife.
(d) His boss.

5. What country does Mrs. Trigg think the violent birds have come from?
(a) America.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Russia.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which aspect of the birds’ behavior does Nat find most interesting?

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

3. Why doesn’t Nat ride along with Jill?

4. According to the narrator, what “changed overnight” at the story’s opening?

5. What type of birds were involved in the previous night’s attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nat fight the birds away from his children during the first attack?

2. How does Mrs. Hocken react when Nat starts boarding up the windows and doors?

3. Who does Nat speak to while at the bus stop, and what is their reaction to his call?

4. Why does Nat rush to the bus stop, early, to meet Jill from school?

5. What does Nat find irritating about the radio announcer’s voice, and why?

6. During the news broadcast at dinner that night, what insight does the announcer give into the attacks?

7. How does Nat protect himself from the bird attack as he runs home from Jill’s bus stop?

8. What does Nat think has caused the birds’ strange behavior?

9. When do the birds first draw blood from Nat?

10. What does Mrs. Hocken think the army should do to battle the birds, and what is Nat’s reaction to his wife’s idea?

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