Review "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"

Following the narrator's introduction, what event begins the play?

• The ringing of church bells

• the sound of car brakes screeching

• a roar of sound and a flash of light

• children arguing with the ice cream man

When the towns people 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 Brands car start?

• it has run out of gas

• the battery is dead

• the engine has broken

• nobody an figure out why

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

• Steve Brand

• Mrs. Goodman

• The narrator

• none of these

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

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

Les Goodman tells others that he is guilty of

• insomnia

• summoning space aliens

• tricking his neighbors

• none of these

Someone in a "reflective" mood is

• thinking deeply

• sleeping

• accepting something at face value

Which of these means the OPPOSITE of the word instill?

• install

• take away

• enjoy

A "revelation" results in

• less information or knowledge

• a complete lack of information or knowledge

• new information or knowledge