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Monsters are Due on Maple Street

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  • What is the setting of the Monsters are Due on Maple Street?
    Floral Street; winter
    Maple Street, late summer
    Maple Street; Winter
    Floral Street; Late summer
  • When the narrator says, "The last calm and reflective moments..." is an example of...
    Irony
    Idiom
    Foreshadow
    Symbolism
  • When do the neighbors first sense something is wrong?
    The neighbors sense that something is wrong when all the power sources fail.
  • 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.
  • 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 know what I'm guilty of? I'm guilty of insomnia."
    "...you're letting something begin here that's a nightmare!"
    "What is this, a gag or something?"
  • What genre is the story "Monsters are Due on Maple Street?"
    Science Fiction
    Historical Fiction
    Realistic Fiction
    Nonfiction Biography
  • The MAIN conflict of the story is...
    Charlie vs. Pete
    Neighbors vs. Themselves
    Neighbors vs. Aliens
    Pete vs. Tommy
  • 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.
    A group of neighbors turn suspicious.
    Mysterious events cause the residents to turn on each other.
  • Who is the first neighbor to become a suspect?
    Charlie
    Tommy
    Les
    Pete
  • How is Pete Van Horn killed?
    Charlie thinks that Pete is a monster & shoots him.
  • Which of the following best describes the mood at the beginning of the play?
    Suspicion
    Peaceful
    Exhaustion
    Anger
  • 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
    The man comments they are crazy to listen to Tommy.
    Don's assurance that the meteor could affect the power.
  • 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 do we learn from the dialogue between Figure One and Figure Two in the spacecraft?
    The machines stopped running because of the meteor.
    Tommy was correct all along.
    The conflict between the neighbors was planned by the beings
    Pete Van Horn was the real monster.
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