The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

What is the mood at the opening of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"?

• suspicious

• joyful

• exhausted

• peaceful

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.L.7.5D

At the opening of the play, the camera pans down to show Maple Street. At this point, the residents seem 

• friendly with each other 
• like a violent mob 
• suspicious of one another 
• like aliens from outer space 

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Why did the writer make the events occur on Maple Street, USA?

• 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.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Following the narrator's introduction, what event happens at the start of the story?

• 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

How does this "meteor" affect Maple Street?

• The power goes out.
• The phones do not work.
• The radios are dead.
• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.W.7.9A

Who gets the people of this neighborhood thinking the noise might be something else?

• Charlie
• Don
• Les
• Tommy

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

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. 

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why does Pete Van Horn walk over to Floral Street?

• to find help

• to check on his friends

• to see if the power was out there

• to borrow a portable radio

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CCSS.RL.7.1

The main conflict in the play is

• between Charlie and Tommy
• the people themselves
• between the aliens and people
• between Charlie and Steve

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7