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When do the neighbors first sense something is wrong?
The neighbors sense that something is wrong when all the power sources fail.
How is Pete Van Horn killed?
Charlie thinks that Pete is a monster & shoots him.
Why do the neighbors become suspicious of Tommy?
The neighbors begin to suspect Tommy when Charlie points out that Tommy was the first to mention the idea of aliens.
What is the setting of the Monsters are Due on Maple Street?
Maple Street; Winter
Maple Street, late summer
Floral Street; Late summer
Floral Street; winter
Who is the first neighbor to become a suspect?
Les
Charlie
Pete
Tommy
What genre is the story "Monsters are Due on Maple Street?"
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Nonfiction Biography
Where do the neighbors get the idea that some of them might not be human?
When the car starts by itself.
The idea seems possible because something flew in the sky.
Tommy talks about the comic books he has read.
The power goes out and the car won't start.
The MAIN conflict of the story is...
Neighbors vs. Themselves
Neighbors vs. Aliens
Charlie vs. Pete
Pete vs. Tommy
When the narrator says, "The last calm and reflective moments..." is an example of...
Foreshadow
Irony
Idiom
Symbolism
What would be the central idea of the story?
Aliens can cause a series of disruptions on a small street.
An alien invasion takes over a street.
Mysterious events cause the residents to turn on each other.
A group of neighbors turn suspicious.
What do we learn from the dialogue between Figure One and Figure Two in the spacecraft?
Pete Van Horn was the real monster.
Tommy was correct all along.
The conflict between the neighbors was planned by the beings
The machines stopped running because of the meteor.
At the end of Act I, what does Les Goodman say to the mob that HINTS at an action to come later in the play?
"We're no different from any of the rest of you!"
"...you're letting something begin here that's a nightmare!"
"What is this, a gag or something?"
"You know what I'm guilty of? I'm guilty of insomnia."
Which CLUE might lead us to predict that the neighbors will become suspicious of each other?
The woman comments that Tommy has been reading too much.
The man comments they are crazy to listen to Tommy.
Don's assurance that the meteor could affect the power.
Steve says they should run a check to see who's really human
Which of the following best describes the mood at the beginning of the play?
Anger
Peaceful
Exhaustion
Suspicion
