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    Mink and the other neighborhood children are playing outside at the beginning of the story. Mrs. Morris sees Mink talking to some strange metal objects in the yard. Mink keeps looking around the house for small household objects. The document poses a series of questions about the plot of the story, including what happens at "Zero Hour" when the children's game is revealed, who Drill really is, and what happens to the parents at the end. It asks the reader to analyze the title and setting of the story.

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    Mink and the other neighborhood children are playing outside at the beginning of the story. Mrs. Morris sees Mink talking to some strange metal objects in the yard. Mink keeps looking around the house for small household objects. The document poses a series of questions about the plot of the story, including what happens at "Zero Hour" when the children's game is revealed, who Drill really is, and what happens to the parents at the end. It asks the reader to analyze the title and setting of the story.

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    Zero Hour Reading Questions

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    Daniela Amistadi
    Mink and the other neighborhood children are playing outside at the beginning of the story. Mrs. Morris sees Mink talking to some strange metal objects in the yard. Mink keeps looking around the house for small household objects. The document poses a series of questions about the plot of the story, including what happens at "Zero Hour" when the children's game is revealed, who Drill really is, and what happens to the parents at the end. It asks the reader to analyze the title and setting of the story.

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    “Zero Hour”

    1. What are Mink and the other neighbourhood children doing at the beginning of the story?

    2. Mrs. Morris looks out the window and sees Mink talking to _____________________________________.

    3. What kinds of objects does Mink keep looking for around the house?

    4. What is a fifth column?

    5. What is interesting about the yo-yo?

    6. What is different (and appealing to aliens) about children as compared to adolescents and adults?

    7. What does Mrs. Morris wonder about children as she sits down to rest in the late afternoon? What do
    you think is Bradbury’s answer to this question?

    8. What does Mrs. Morris realize about the children’s game when she has a video call with her friend
    Helen?

    9. What happens at “Zero Hour”?

    10. Who do we think Drill is at the beginning of the story? At the end of the story?

    11. What happens to the parents at the end of the story?

    12. Analyse the title.

    13. Analyse the setting in detail.

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