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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the mood at the opening of the play?suspiciousjoyfulexhaustedpeaceful
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why do you think the writer made the events occur on Maple Street, U.S.A.?The aliens were told to find this street.The setting indicates that small towns are filled with superstitious people.The main characters live on this street.The setting suggests that the events could happen anywhere. - 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy do the residents start to believe Tommy’s story?They had read similar stories in books.Tommy has always told the truth before.Fear overtakes their good sense.They think it is wise to consider every possibility.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Tommy's explanation for what is happening?It was a weather balloon.There was no flash.Aliens have landed.it was thunder because a storm is coming
It was thunder because a storm is coming. - 5. Multiple ChoiceIn a play or a story, conflicts ...are the most exciting moments in the storyare the sequence of events in the storyare the solutions to the problemsmake it hard for the characters to get what they want
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhy do the residents of Maple Street distrust Les Goodman?They like fifth columnists.They don’t like people with foreign cars.They fear anyone who is different.They know the Goodman family owns a ham radio.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich vocabulary word best completes the sentence?
The aliens had _____ directions for how to handle the humans.menacetransfixedassentexplicit - 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich vocabulary word best completes the sentence?
As the mob began _____ on Tommy, his mother shielded him.variationsdefiantidiosyncrasyconverging - 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich vocabulary word best completes the sentence?
The people feared anyone who showed a(n) _____ and thought it made him/her a possible alien.intelligibledefiantidiosyncrasyconverging - 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following events takes place at the very beginning of the exposition?A fight develops between Don Martin and Les Goodman.`The narrator describes where and when the drama takes place.The car belonging to Steve Brand will not start.A mysterious telephone call is made to Myra Brand.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following describes the mood on Maple Street at the end of the drama?a tense nightmarea calm return to normala humorous sense of reliefan excited celebration
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement best summarizes a possible theme of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"?Good neighbors should not object to being observed by the police.When neighbors suspect one another, they can destroy their community.Neighborhoods should be prepared for an invasion from outer space.If everyone is suspected of being dangerous, then no one is dangerous.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA major section of a play or drama is called a(n)...SceneActChapterStanza
- 14. Multiple ChoiceInstructions for the director, crew, and actors are calledDialogueCuesStage DirectionsTeleprompters
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat effect does the following stage direction have on the reader?
"A flash of light plays on the faces of both boys and then moves down the street and disappears." (page 566)creates a sense of mysteryshows the character is trying to stay calm, but is feeling more upset than shownemphasizes the fact that the crowd is so overcome with the fear of the unknownmakes people focus on outer space - 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the most likely purpose of the stage directions below?
"The dark figure continues to walk toward them as the people stand there, fearful, mothers clutching children, men standing in front of their wives." (page 578)shows the character is trying to stay calm, but is feeling more upset than shownemphasizes the fact that everyone in the crowd is so overcome with fear of the unknownmakes the reader focus on outer spacemakes the reader laugh - 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat FACT did the woman observe about Les Goodman?He has insomnia and can't sleep some nights.He communicates with aliens in the middle of the night.He stands in his yard looking up at the stars some nights.He is an alien.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAt the end of the play, it turns out that the REAL monsters areTommy's imagination.Charlie's behavior.fear and prejudice.Steve's mind.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the BEST summary of this story?Aliens take over a neighborhood.A neighborhood is plunged into darkness by a suspected meteor hit and all the neighbors go crazy and kill each other.On a peaceful suburban street, strange occurrences and suspicious people wake the residents' paranoia to a disastrous and surprising end.Tommy gets everyone to believe his story about alien invasions, and Charlie persists in accusing everyone who is a little different of being the aliens
- 20. Multiple ChoiceAt the end of the play, the reader can infer that the residents willresolve their problems.meet with the aliens.kill each other.move to another town.
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