"Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" Story and Vocab review

Tommy was ____________when he insisted that Steve and Charlie stay in the neighborhood when they wanted to leave.

• defiant
• idiosyncrasy
• variations
• menace

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The residents were so sure that there were aliens in the neighborhood that they talked about every _______________ each individual possessed.

• defiant
• idiosyncrasy
• explicit
• intimidated

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Following the narrator's introduction, what events begins the teleplay?

• the ringing of the church
• the sound of car brakes screeching
• a roar of sound and a flash of light
• children arguing with an ice cream man

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

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.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

Les Goodman tells the others that he is guilty of 

• insomnia.
• summoning space aliens.
• tricking his neighbors.
• none of these

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Where do the characters get the idea that some of them might not be human?

• When Tommy talks about the science fiction stories he has read.
• The idea seems believable because they've just seen something strange in the sky.
• The power has gone off and the cars won't start.
• All the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

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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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why do the residents start to believe Tommy’s story? 

• They had read similar stories in books. 
• Tommy has always told the truth before. 
• Fear overtakes their good sense. 
• They think it is wise to consider every possibility. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

In a play or a story, conflicts ... 

• are the most exciting moments in the story 
• are the sequence of events in the story 
• are the solutions to the problems 
• make it hard for the characters to get what they want 

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why do the residents of Maple Street distrust Les Goodman?

• They like fifth columnists. 
• They don’t like people with foreign cars. 
• They fear anyone who is different. 
• They know the Goodman family owns a ham radio.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7