Bird Box Trivia Quiz

Answer: Russia

Malorie and her kids have lived in their house for four years, and none of them have looked outside since. Their windows are sealed off by black curtains, and any time they must leave they wear blindfold, guiding themselves only with touch. Today is the day, however, that Malorie is taking her two children-- a boy and a girl-- down to the river to hop into a rowboat and escape. They manage to do so, casting off without harm (or sight).

Several years earlier, the incidents originally known as 'The Problem' commenced in Russia, with murders and suicides in isolated locations. The reason, according to news outlets, was simply that the people 'saw something'. The incidents spread across the Bering Strait to Alaska, then down into Canada, before reaching Michigan's Upper Peninsula. People had already started covering their eyes when leaving the house, and covering their windows, barricading themselves inside. Malorie had just moved into her new place with her sister, Shannon, and discovered she was pregnant.

Answer: Riverbridge

Things began to worsen fast, and after three months many news outlets shifted focus to confirming the rapid uptick in murders and suicides. One day, Malorie headed upstairs to find a slight shift in the curtains; she found Shannon dead in the bathroom, having stabbed herself in the chest with a pair of scissors.
Fearing for her life and worried about staying in the house alone and pregnant, she drove herself (cautiously) to the town of Riverbridge, where an alleged safehouse was set up in a residential area. When she arrived, she was welcomed in by five people (four men and one woman) and a dog. They'd all holed up with enough food to last three or four months, and they'd been calling out for survivors. They all believe that something had been touching people, either in their thoughts or vision, for only a brief moment, shifting their thoughts to killing themselves, perhaps because of something incomprehensible.

Malorie continues paddling her kids down the river. Still wearing blindfolds, they're told to listen with their keen hearing in case something watches them from the woods or, worse, is stalking them in the water. Sure enough, something brushes by the boat, exiting the river on the other side.

Answer: Refracted lenses

Malorie continues to row until her boy tells her to stop; they all hear the engine coming up the river to them. A man, clearly on a boat, tells them that it's okay to take off their blindfolds but Malorie refuses, telling her kids not to allow his words to sink in. Unable to trust him, she paddles onwards, blind, as he laughs.

Two weeks after arriving in Riverbridge, last radio connection ended with a bang; the radio announcer took his own life. On the same night, Olympia, a neighbour, arrived having heard the group playing piano. She was also four months pregnant.
When Malorie asked Tom about the previous owner of the house, he mentioned that the man, George, was a very progressive thinker and constantly thought of ways that they could possibly see what was attacking them without actually getting harmed. The theory he concerned himself with most was the use of refracted lenses. To test his idea, he set up a VHS camera, taking in five hours of footage from the outside world, forcing the others to tie him up to a chair to avoid harming anyone (including himself) and watching it. When he did, the others found him strained so much against the ropes that they'd cut into the muscle. They burned the tape soon after.

Answer: Guide dogs

One day, when Malorie was in her fifth month of pregnancy, Felix and Jules headed out to the well to collect three buckets of water. Each time Felix went out, however, he had the feeling that something was approaching him. on the third trip, he realized that whatever it was seemed to be making noise from inside the well. Racing inside, he and the others blocked off all the windows and doors with furniture, preventing anything from affecting them; they all spent the next twenty-four hours in the living room, not drinking.
The next day, Tom volunteered to test the first two buckets, drinking a glass in a locked room. Luckily, he was fine.
Tom decided that they needed to make a bold move, and he proposed to the others that he leave for twelve hours, blindfolded, to find supplies and, if possible, dogs that they could use to guide them outside or, better yet, protect them. While Don disagreed with the idea, the others said it was necessary. Tom and Jules both headed out into the unknown.

Malorie's boat continues to head downstream until she and the children strike the bank, accidentally wedging between two trees. At this point, however, her son also hears something on the nearby shore-- something growling. A claw slashes at Malorie as she frees the boat. Luckily, they're able to escape and drift back downstream.

Answer: Yes

Escaping the dangerous creatures on the shore, whatever it may be, Malorie and the kids continue down the river. Having rowed for hours already, she's exhausted, and the kids start to feel the blindfolds chafing. Malorie wonders if she should've blinded the kids years ago, to save them the trouble.

Seven hours after Tom and Jules left the house, Victor, the dog, started to bark. Malorie asked Felix to find some weapons, just in case, and they continued to wait. Things almost came to blows the next day when, after a day and a half, the two had yet to return. Luckily, they knocked on the door that evening, appearing with two huskies and a box of fowl, something they'd decided to use as an alarm system by hanging it outside. Tom brought them to the dining room to tell their story.

Answer: A wooden stake

When Tom and Jules left the house, they stumbled along the yard and to the street. Jules tripped over something they later determined was a body. Unfazed, they headed onward to the neighbour's house to find that it was unsafe-- there was nothing on the windows inside. Nonetheless, they searched it and found very little of use.
The second house they checked, however, had covered windows and they headed inside to find a number of supplies. While the family inside was dead, likely of starvation, they did find a husky inside, and spent time to lure it out of hiding with food. Despite their twelve hour time limit, they opted to head onward.
Back in the street, the duo was surprised to find what seemed like the metal poles of a tent standing in the street. The next house they checked turned out fruitless, except for the bodies inside. Jules, however, allowed the leashed dog to lead him to a detached garage, luckily, also blocked off from the outside world. Inside they found a second husky and the box of fowl they returned with. With these, they were able to return.

On the river, the kids are aware that Malorie is having a hard time. Her injury is obvious through her laboured breathing, and soon, they realize she needs help. Her son starts to help her row. Before long, however, she realizes that today will be the day when she'll need to open her eyes outside. She throws up and passes out completely.

Answer: His briefcase

The evening that the men returned, there was a knock on the door. This time, nearly half of the people in the safe house didn't want to open it and let the person in, but ultimately, they did. This man, Gary, claimed to be outside, eyes closed, for three days looking for survivors. When he told his story, he said that he and his brother were holed up with a quasi-militant group bent on protecting the city, but one of their men went mad and, fearing for his life, he ended up fleeing the house, eventually arriving with them. As he told this story, Malorie realized that a rift had grown within their own safe house.
A couple of weeks later, it became apparent that Cheryl had taken the job of caring for the birds in the box. When she went out to feed them one day, however, she had the same panic as Felix at the well; someone, she felt, had touched her shoulder. The birds wouldn't eat; instead they seemed alarmed. Rushing inside, she tried to rationalize her experience.
As time continued to pass, the rift between the people in the house became more apparent; Malorie noticed that Don started to feel convinced by Gary's theories and she worried that perhaps their newest body might be hiding something.
Within a few days, Tom and Jules had prepared themselves enough, plotting out a route to Tom's house three miles away and training the dogs to be their eyes. When they left, Malorie took it upon herself to lead the others and avoid tension. They needed to be led.

Awakening in the bottom of the boat, Malorie finds that her children have continued rowing, each taking an oar and paddling down the river. She forces them both to take their seats back and she nervously recommences the task.

Answer: In a car

Shortly after the birth of her children, Malorie realized she needed to do something to protect the newborns. Based on Tom's ideas, she decided to find microphones she could rig up to act as alarm systems around the exterior of the house. To do this, however, she would need to drive to the bar back in town. After painting Cheryl's car windows black and reinforcing the bumper, it took her nine drives to get anywhere close to the nearest shops; she brought Victor the dog with her. She found the microphones there but, when Victor led her to the cellar, he encountered something that ultimately forced him to meet his end. Malorie fled, unable to save her last link to the housemates, and made it home.

With Tom and Jules still gone, Malorie needed to confirm her suspicions. Under the cover of night, she went downstairs and stole Gary's briefcase, searching the contents until she found a single notebook filled with meticulous writings, not unlike those of the man in his earlier story. She believed that Gary was, in fact, the one who tore down the drapes at his last safe house. Olympia watched her placing the briefcase back. After a week without Tom and Jules, Malorie finally decided that she would need to tell them all and bring it out into the open. At the moment, however, the men returned with the dogs, alerting the birds outside. This time, they'd raided a grocery store and brought a phone book. That night they enjoyed a large meal.

Still rowing on the river, Malorie realizes that they're likely being followed. Her son, who has the most acute hearing, feels ashamed because not even he can identify the nearby noises. They must be getting close, she thinks, and she listens for the sound of a speaker on the banks.

Answer: Gary

When Tom and Jules recounted their week out of the safe house, Malorie couldn't tolerate it any longer. Finally, she revealed the truth: she snooped into Gary's briefcase and found the notebook. Although there was hostility towards her for looking, the majority of them decided that there was no reason to have the book, especially when he told them that Frank left with it in his possession, and they voted to exile him from the household. He complied, leaving with a makeshift helmet and a small stash of food. After he left, Don moved into the cellar, staying there for seven weeks. Malorie continued to inch closer to her due date. One day, Victor started scratching at the cellar door, and the housemates went down to find Don, more worn than ever. They convinced him to come upstairs and sat around the table before Malorie felt nauseous. As the others carried her upstairs, she realized it was time to give birth.

Out on the water, the person who seems to be following Malorie and her kids continues the pursuit. Her boy says that it doesn't sound like they're rowing but, instead, walking after them. Overhead, the sound of birds swells; too many birds, it seems, are screaming down at them. Before they know it, Malorie and the kids find themselves trapped within a dangerous part of the river, one in which the birds are fighting to the death above. Through all of this, somehow, her son is able to hear the sound of a speaker on the banks ahead-- it's Tom's voice. The people ahead used his message because they knew she would recognize it. All she has to do is take off her blindfold and direct them there.
...except whatever's been following them has stopped the boat.

Answer: A school for the blind

The night finally arrived when her baby was due. The others found her awake in her bed and brought her up to the attic, the safest place, where Olympia, coincidentally, was already in labour and being attended to by Tom. The event was a blur, and people moved in and out through the attic doorway constantly. Malorie saw Don off to the side, but he went downstairs. That was when she heard the birds outside. As an argument began downstairs and the others went to check, she saw Gary on the edge of the room. He locked the door and spoke with the two pregnant women. As it turned out, Don had been hiding him in the cellar, protecting him from exile the entire time. He claimed that perhaps he was immune to the creatures outside, as he had been able to see them since they arrived. He tried to convince others that it was alright, but they were not privy to the same abilities as he was. In fact, he'd been watching their household for a while; he resided in the tent Tom had found outside. At the attic door, Tom begged to be let in, but Gary didn't allow it. Instead, he waited along the wall as something else broke in. Malorie shut her eyes immediately, but it was too late for Olympia. As they both gave birth-- Malorie to a boy and Olympia to a girl-- Malorie was able to convince the now-maddening Olympia to hand over the baby, saving it. She tied strips of towel around their faces like blindfolds to prevent them from seeing. Olympia hanged herself out the attic window while the creature in the room watched on. Malorie had no choice but to wait, eyes closed, until both Gary and the creature departed, never to be seen again. That's when the phone rang downstairs for the first time. Eyes closed, and with the babies in her arms, she carefully and weakly made her way down, following the ringing and, unknowingly, passing by the bodies of her housemates. Luckily, the phone didn't stop ringing. When she picked it up it was a man named Rick, twenty miles downriver, claiming that he and one hundred seven other people had made camp in a self-contained (and safe) location. She would just need to get there. She would talk to him on the phone once a week for several months until the phone lines cut out. It would be four years before she would leave the house.

On the river, Malorie's son and daughter inform her that whatever has been following them is behind them now, and realizing what she must do, she lifts the blindfold, seeing the world for the first time in four and a half years, and guides the boat down the correct stream. In a hundred yards, they're caught in the protective fence of the compound and brought inside. When they remove their blindfolds, Rick introduces himself. He, along with the others, have made a home for themselves in a school for the blind, and they are secure there. They are safer and no longer alone.