Monsters Are Due on Maple St.

The setting of the story is....

• In a big city
• In Europe
• On a boat
• On Maple St

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The "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" is 

• fiction
• narrative poetry
• nonfiction
• Historical fiction

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One major conflict in the story is...

• that aliens are taking over the world
• The humans don't get along well when faced with conflict
• that Les is responsible for scaring his neighbors
• Charlie is conspiring against his friends

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Steve said, "Let's pick out every idiosyncrasy of every man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of kangaroo court." 
An idiosyncrasy is....

• a strange habit someone has
• a crime against someone
• a physical flaw
• a disability

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Who is the author of this story?

• Shel Silverstein
• Rod Serling
• Afred Noyes
• James Patterson

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Les Goodman, Charlie, and Tommy all become

• enemies
• friends
• scapegoats
• roommates

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Steve shoots and kills Van Horn

• true
• false

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At the beginning of the story, people believe that ____________________ caused the power outage. 

• no one paid their NIPSCO bill
• monsters
• the roar and flash of light
• People on Floral St. were playing a trick on them

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What does Tommy say, that causes the adults to become nervous?

• That aliens might be pretending to be humans
• World War 3 is starting
• he is psychic
• he can see into the future

How does Tommy know so much about aliens?

• He is an alien
• He reads about aliens
• He's been abducted by aliens
• the newspaper

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