Monsters are Due on Maple Street Act 1

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. 

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All of the following events make the residents nervous and caused their suspicions except — 

• one man’s power mower stops working 
• Tommy’s computer starts displaying strange messages 
• a screeching roar is heard overhead 
• Mrs. Brand’s stove stops working 

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Why 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. 

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In a play or a story, complications/events — 

• 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 

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At first, the residents do not believe Tommy’s tale. A complication arises when — 

• the lights suddenly go on at Steve’s house 
• Les Goodman’s car suddenly starts up 
• the neighbors find out that Les Goodman is an alien 
• he aliens send four creatures to earth to prepare for the landing 

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The residents turn against Les Goodman because they — 

• like fifth columnists 
• don’t like people with foreign cars 
• distrust anyone who is different 
• know the Goodman family owns a ham radio 

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Which of the following 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.

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Between which characters does the conflict of the drama develop?

• Tommy and his friends
• all the neighbors on Maple Street
• strangers who move to Maple Street
• Steve Brand and the narrator

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The main conflict in the play is

• between Charlie and Tommy
• the people themselves
• between the aliens and people
• between Charlie and Steve

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In a play or a story, conflicts ... 

• 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 

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