suspicious

joyful

exhausted

peaceful

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. 

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. 

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.

are the most exciting moments in the story 

are the sequence of events in the story 

are the solutions to the problems 

make it hard for the characters to get what they want 

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.

menace

transfixed

assent

explicit

variations

defiant

idiosyncrasy

converging

intelligible

defiant

idiosyncrasy

converging

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.