The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

A major section of a play or drama is called a (n)...

• Scene
• Act
• Chapter
• Stanza

Instructions for the director, crew, and actors are called---

• Dialogue
• Cues
• Stage Directions
• Teleprompters

Smaller parts of an act within a play or drama are called...

• Epilogues
• Scenes
• Chapters
• Versions

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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Which of the following is the narrator doing at the opening of the play?

• describing the setting
• defining the title
• outlining the action
• talking about prejudice

Which of the following best describes the mood at the beginning of the play?

• Exhausted
• Peaceful
• Joyful
• Suspicious

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CCSS.RL.8.10

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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

Tommy believes that the power outage was caused by

• a total eclipse of the sun
• his neighbor, Don Martin
• a strong electrical storm
• aliens from outer space

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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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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Why did Les Goodman become a scapegoat?

• He had an odd personality and sat outside looking at the sky
• People in the neighborhood didn't like him
• He had a ham radio in the basement
• He kept everyone else awake at night and was an oddball

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Which character tries to talk sense into the mob and get them to calm down? 

• Steve
• Charlie
• Tommy
• Les Goodman

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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