"Zero Hour" Review

Who is the protagonist in the story?

• Drill

• Mary

• Mink

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Based on what you read, why is this story called "Zero Hour"?

• At the end of the story, time has run out for the adults on Earth.

• At the beginning of the chapter, Mink starts a stop watch.

• In the middle of the story, Drill begins his plan to attack Earth.

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The parents think the children are simply playing a game of...

• tea party.

• invasion.

• hide and seek.

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Who is the leader of the Martians trying to take over Earth?

• Mink

• Drill

• Helen

Because the parents believed Earth was ____, they never suspected harm could come their way.

• smart

• weak

• undefeatable

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Who is considered the "fifth column"--or the traitors--in the story?

• the aliens

• the parents

• the children

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Young kids use this when playing, while adults seem to think this is silly and childish.

• imagination

• logic

• strength

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Which is NOT a way Drill persuades the children to help him enter Earth?

• The children will be able to stay up late and watch TV all day.

• The children will not have to take baths or do anything they don't want to do.

• The children, not the adults, will rule the world with the "Martians."

• The children will be able to play hide and seek and eat candy for all three meals.

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What does Mary, Mink's mom, find odd about her friends' kids in another city?

• They are playing invasion with Drill, just like the children in her neighborhood are doing.

• They have never heard of Drill or the game invasion.

• They have been talking to Mink and the neighborhood kids about dimensions and the fifth column.

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What inference can you make about the resolution?

• The adults will make an agreement with the aliens to co-live on Earth.

• The aliens will conquer the children and keep the adults as friends.

• The aliens destroy Mink's parents and then all other adults.

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