The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Act 2

In Act II of “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” what role does Steve play as his neighbors keep watch on the Goodmans’ house?

• A. He acts as the hanging judge: He tries to convince them that Goodman is dangerous.

• B. He acts as executioner: He volunteers for a firing squad to execute the guilty parties.

• C. He acts as peacemaker: He tries to persuade his neighbors to put aside their suspicions.

• .D. He acts as spy: He tries to reach the aliens on his ham radio.

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CCSS.RL.6.7

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What emotion motivates Steve in this speech from Act II of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?

Go ahead, what’s my wife said? Let’s get it all out. Let’s pick out every idiosyncrasy of every single man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of kangaroo court. How about a firing squad at dawn, Charlie, so we can get rid of all the suspects?

• A. disgust

• B. amusement

• C. sorrow

• D. love

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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Who or what are the monsters in the title “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”?

• A. the people who live on Maple Street

• B. the electric appliances on Maple Street

• C. Les and Ethel Goodman

• D. Figures One and Two

In which sentence is the meaning of the word flustered suggested?

• A. That was the way they prepared things for the landing.

• B. He always was an oddball. Him and his whole family.

• C. I don’t understand. I swear . . . I don’t understand.

• D. They pick the most dangerous enemy they can find.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Which vocabulary word best completes the sentence?
^{As the mob began _____ on Tommy, his mother shielded him.}

• variations
• defiant
• idiosyncrasy
• converging

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Which vocabulary word best completes the sentence?
 
^{The people feared anyone who showed a(n)  _____ and thought it made him/her a possible alien.}

• intelligible
• defiant
• idiosyncrasy
• converging

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RI.6.4

Which of the following events takes place at the very beginning of the exposition?

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

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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

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

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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Which statement best summarizes a possible theme of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"?

• Good neighbors should not object to being observed by the police.
• When neighbors suspect one another, they can destroy their community.
• Neighborhoods should be prepared for an invasion from outer space.
• If everyone is suspected of being dangerous, then no one is dangerous.

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

• Scene
• Act
• Chapter
• Stanza

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