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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?
Floral Street; winter
Maple Street; Winter
Floral Street; Late summer
Maple Street, late summer
Who is the first neighbor to become a suspect?
Les
Tommy
Charlie
Pete
What genre is the story "Monsters are Due on Maple Street?"
Science Fiction
Nonfiction Biography
Historical Fiction
Realistic Fiction
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.
The power goes out and the car won't start.
Tommy talks about the comic books he has read.
The MAIN conflict of the story is...
Charlie vs. Pete
Neighbors vs. Themselves
Neighbors vs. Aliens
Pete vs. Tommy
When the narrator says, "The last calm and reflective moments..." is an example of...
Symbolism
Foreshadow
Irony
Idiom
What would be the central idea of the story?
Mysterious events cause the residents to turn on each other.
An alien invasion takes over a street.
A group of neighbors turn suspicious.
Aliens can cause a series of disruptions on a small street.
What do we learn from the dialogue between Figure One and Figure Two in the spacecraft?
The machines stopped running because of the meteor.
Pete Van Horn was the real monster.
Tommy was correct all along.
The conflict between the neighbors was planned by the beings
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?
"...you're letting something begin here that's a nightmare!"
"We're no different from any of the rest of you!"
"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.
Steve says they should run a check to see who's really human
Don's assurance that the meteor could affect the power.
The man comments they are crazy to listen to Tommy.
Which of the following best describes the mood at the beginning of the play?
Exhaustion
Anger
Suspicion
Peaceful
