"Zero Hour" Quiz

The protagonist of "Zero Hour" is ___.

• Mrs. Morris

• Mr. Morris

• Mink

• Drill

The antagonists of the story are ___.

• Mr. & Mrs. Morris

• Mary & Helen

• Mink & Drill

• Tim & Anna

One possible theme of this story is ___.

• Children's words shouldn't be dismissed so easily.

• Mrs. Morris should've listened more carefully to Mink.

• People need to beware of a possible alien invasion.

• Children should be the ones who lead us into the future.

When the story begins with Mink telling her mom that she and her neighbor friends are playing a game called "Invasion," that is part of the ___ of the story.

• falling action

• climax

• rising action

• exposition

The conversation that Mrs. Morris has with her friend Helen is part of the ___ of the story.

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

When Mr. and Mrs. Morris are hiding in the attic, this is part of the ___ of the story.

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

When the explosion happens, and Mrs. Morris screams and rushes herself and her husband up to the attic, this is the ___ of the story.

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

What is the resolution of the story?

• when Mink says, "Peekaboo!"

• when the first explosion happens

• There is no resolution to the story.

• when Mrs. Morris talks to Helen

A futuristic suburban neighborhood in New York is the ___ of the story

• theme

• plot

• setting

• conflict

When Mrs. Morris is trying to set aside her dark thoughts about what the children are really doing outside, that is an example of person vs. ___ conflict.

• person

• nature

• self

• supernatural