The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

Which of the following takes place at the opening of the teleplay?

• A fight develops between Don Martin and Les Goodman.
• The narrator describes where and when the teleplay takes place.
• The car belonging to Steve Brand will not start.
• A mysterious telephone call is made to Myra Brand

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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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Why does conflict develop among neighbors on Maple Street?

• Tommy makes everyone angry.
• Steve attacks them with a gun.
• Charlie wants to leave town.
• They do not trust one another.

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Between which characters does the conflict of the teleplay 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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Charlie shoots Pete Van Horn because

• Charlie is an alien
• Charlie does not recognize Pete
• Pete is an alien
• Pete does not recognize Charlie

Which of the following do the people of Maple Street do at the end of the teleplay?

• The residents violently accuse one another of starting the power failure.
• The people all leave their homes and run away forever.
• As a group, they surrender to the mysterious strangers.
• Once the power is restored, the residents resume their normal lives.

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Which of the following describes the mood on Maple Street at the end of the teleplay?

• a tense nightmare
• a calm return to normal
• a humorous sense of relief
• an excited celebration

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What do Figure One and Figure Two reveal in Scene Two?

• The people of Maple Street are actually the monsters.
• They were responsible for causing the blackout.
• Tommy has been communicating with them all along.
• Their plan to land on Maple Street went wrong.

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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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What is the story's theme?

• Fear can cause people to think irrationally.
• People are their own worst enemies.
• Thoughts, attitudes, and prejudices are as destructive as bombs.
• All of these

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