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Worksheets"The Birds" Test
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 27mins
Who is the main protagonist in this story?
Jim
The birds
The Triggs
Nat
Who is the main antagonist in this story?
The Triggs
The Birds
Nat's wife
Nat
Does the ending say that Nat and his family die?
Yes
No
What does The main character use to try and kill the birds when they enter the children's room the first night?
A bat
A Blanket
A shovel
a smoke bomb
What does the main character find when he goes back to Mr. Trigg's farm after a day of attacks
The Triggs are hiding in the attic
The Triggs have left town
The Triggs are dead
The birds will not let him enter the famhouse
Does this novella have a clear resolution?
Yes, it is obviously resolved
NO, it leaves a lot of unanswered questions
What sensory element is described over and over in the novella?
The flapping of the bird's wings
The sirens in the distance
The fog horn being heard
The static on the "wireless"
What is a "wireless"?
Television
Phone
Battery powered radio
Telegraph
What is the last thing the main character does?
Lights one last cigarette and throws the pack in the fireplace
Buries his wife next to his daughter
Watches from the beach as the Army arrives in helecopters
Walks away from his home as the birds finally retreat
The setting of the story is
near a French city in the fall.
near the Pacific ocean in summer.
in the English countryside in winter.
on a Belgian farm in spring.
Nat takes this with him when he goes to pick up Jill from the bus:
bread
a hoe
a gun
a wheelbarrow
Nat noticed all of the following about the birds that were in the children's room EXCEPT:
they were all small birds
they had blood on their beaks
they were all different species
the black-backed gulls led the attack
When Nat told Mrs. Trigg about the birds attacking in the night, her attitude can best be described as
afraid
disgusted
disbelieving
excited
When Nat took the birds to bury them, he was frightened by
the wind blowing the dead birds away
the number of gulls on the ocean
Farmer Trigg shooting his rifle
the air raid sirens
After they warned people to take precautions over the wireless, Nat did all of the following EXCEPT
got more petrol
boarded up the windows
filling the chimney bases
checked their food supplies
How did Jill get home from the bus stop?
Nat carried her on his shoulders
She ran through the fields with her friends
Mr. Trigg gave her a ride in his car
Nat brought her a bicycle to ride
On his way home from the bus stop, Nat screamed when this kind of bird tried to attack him:
robin
vulture
hawk
gannet
During the attacks, Nat's family slept in
Nat's bedroom
the barn
the kitchen
the basement
The birds almost got in the house when Nat forgot to
cover the basement window
keep the fire in the kitchen going
load his gun
latch the front door
While at the Triggs' farm, Nat did all of the following EXCEPT
milk the cows
get supplies
buried the bodies
tried to use the phone
The hawks focused their attacks on
the chimney
the windows
the door
the roof
Nat's exhibits all of the following personality traits EXCEPT:
prepared
ingenious
observant
hopeless
What is the first name of the main character in the movie?
Mike
Mitch
Marvin
Alfred
What does Mitch Brenner do for a living?
he is a doctor
his is a policeman
he is a lawyer
he runs a boat dock
Near what major city does the movie take place?
Boston
Seattle
New York
San Francisco
Who directed the movie "The Birds"?
Stephen King
Alfred Hitchcock
Stan Lee
Ferris Bueller
What type of birds did Melanie give to Cathy?
macaws
canaries
love birds
parrots
Who wrote the story that the movie "The Birds" was based on?
John Tompkins
Stephen King
Edgar Allan Poe
Daphne du Maurier
Annie Hayworth is the teacher at the school.
True
False
Who is the protagonist of the movie?
the birds
Mitch
Cathy
Melanie
Why does Nat work only three days a week at the farm?
he is wealthy and doesn't need to work full time
he doesn't enjoy working
he has a wartime disability and a pension
the farmer doesn't need him more than three days a week
Which of the following details supports the prediction that the birds will attack?
there are more of them and they are more daring than usual
some species of birds are missing
the birds are flying in solitary flight
while they are not great in number, they are more daring than usual
Which of the following details supports the prediction that Nat would survive the attack?
Nat is an exceptionally fast runner
The birds do not tear his eyes
The birds have not yet learned how to attack human beings efficiently
the birds are not screeching
Why does Nat refuse the farmer's offer of a gun?
his war experience had made him leery of guns
he knew the farmer would need the gun
he realized that guns would be of no use against a bird attack
he didn't want a gun around the children
At times in the story, Nat and his wife look at each other without speaking. What does this tell you about their relationship?
they do not really get along
they do not understand each other
they know each other so well they can communicate without speaking
both are at a loss as to what to say
Nat seems disgusted when he hears the news from London on the wireless. Why?
he imagined that the people weren't taking the situation seriously
the explanation for the birds' behavior was unsatisfactory
there was no new information
he never liked the city or city folk
