"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"

The neighbors seem___________ and thick-headed throughout the play.

• dense
• incisive
• rational

When the townspeople turn on their radios,

• they learn that aliens have attacked
• they hear nothing
• they learn that a meteor has landed nearby
• they hear strange, hypnotic music

Why won't Steve Brand's car start?

• It has run out of gas.
• The battery is dead.
• The engine has broken down.
• Nobody can figure out why.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Who is the first person to suggest that aliens have arrived?

• Steve Brand
• Mrs. Goodman
• the narrator
• none of these

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When Les Goodman's car starts by itself, the others demand

• that he give them a ride
• that he give them an explanation
• to listen to his car radio
• that he drive to the police station and bring back an officer

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why does Pete Van Horn leave Maple Street?

• to catch a space monster
• to see whether Floral Street has power
• to see whether a power line has broken
• He is afraid of his neighbors.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.9A

Les Goodman tells the others that he is guilty of...

• insomnia
• summoning space aliens
• tricking his neighbors
• none of these

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Someone making "accusations" is trying to...

• meet people
• tell jokes
• place blame

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Suspicion falls upon Steve Brand because he has built...

• a spaceship
• an enormous shed in his backyard
• a ham radio set
• a bookshelf from a strange metallic substance

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Who dies in Act II?

• Don Martin
• Pete Van Horn
• the space monster
• nobody

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10