Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

What is the narrator doing at the opening of the teleplay?

• telling the entire story
• describing the setting
• outlining the action
• talking about prejudice

Where does the teleplay take place?

• Oak Street
• Birch Street
• Alien Street
• Maple Street

The description of the setting makes the reader feel that the community of Maple Street is

• a dangerous place to live
• a large noisy city
• a small quiet community
• a community out in the country

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

At first, everyone in the neighborhood thinks the object associated with the flash of light and the sound is

• a storming coming in
• an alien spaceship
• a meteor
• an airplane

The "woman next door" can't get this to work...

• her vacuum
• her dishwasher
• her phone
• her alarm clock

These three things won't work...

• phone, a shaver, and a radio
• phone, radio, and a power motor
• phone, radio, and a microwave
• all of them

Steve Brand's ______ won't work

• motorcycle
• boat
• car
• drone

The reader can infer that Tommy believes in...

• monsters from the past
• scientific investigations
• aliens from space
• being independent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who does Tommy say can leave?

• Steve and Charlie
• Those sent down ahead of them
• Those who want to fight aliens
• Those who have red hair

Who do they first suspect is an alien?

• Tommy
• Steve
• Charlie
• Goodman

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3