Monsters Text Evidence

1. What does the author want the reader to understand about Maple Street?

• a. The citizens of Maple Street are different from most citizens in other neighborhoods.

• b. Neighborhoods today function completely differently from the way they did fifty years or so ago.

• c. The people of Maple Street enjoy each other’s company.

• d. The events in the story could happen in any neighborhood, anywhere.

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2. Which piece of evidence best supports your answer to the previous question?

• a. “The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout.”

• b. “It’s a tree-lined, quiet residential American street, very typical of the small town.”

• c. “A Good Humor man rides a bicycle and is just in the process of stopping to sell some ice cream to a couple of kids.”

• d. ”The group stands there, fearful, apprehensive, mothers clutching children, men standing in front of wives.”

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3. How does Steve try to calm the crowd’s fears after Tommy hints that there may be a monster from outer space involved?

• a. by using sarcasm

• b. by claiming that Tommy has an overactive imagination.

• c. by laughing lightly

• d. by immediately offering an alternative theory

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4. Which piece of evidence best supports your answer to the previous question?

• a. “Whoever was in that thing that came over. I don’t think they want us to leave here.”

• b. “There must be somethin’ better to do than stand around makin’ bum jokes about it.”

• c. “Well, I guess what we’d better do then is to run a check on the neighborhood and see which ones of us are really human.”

• d. ”Go ahead, Tommy. What kind of story was this? What about the people that they sent out ahead?”

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5. How does Charlie defend himself after shooting Pete Van Horn?

• a. Charlie convinces the crowd that the dead man isn’t really Pete.

• b. Charlie insists that he did it to protect himself.

• c. Charlie claims that no one else was willing to protect the homes in the neighborhood.

• d. Charlie pretends to be confused over the incident.

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6. Which piece of evidence best supports your answer to the previous question?

• a. “I didn’t know it was somebody we knew! I didn’t know-”

• b. ”Maybe he’d found out something and came back to tell us who there was amongst us we should watch out for.”

• c. “We’re all scared of the same thing. I was just tryin’ to … tryin’ to protect my home.”

• d. ”Steve – you know why I shot!”

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7. Which statement below best describes the role of the character Woman?

• a. The Woman says things that encourage fear and suspicion among the neighbors.

• b. The Woman tries to calm the crowd every time they begin to panic.

• c. The Woman was the only real monster among the neighbors.

• d. The Woman does not play a significant role in the story.

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8. Which two pieces of evidence best support your answer to the previous question?

• a. “That’s right, looking up at the sky as if … as if he were waiting for something. As if he were looking for something.”

• b. “I’ll run downtown. We’ll get this all straightened out.”

• c. “You killed him, Charlie. You shot him dead!”

• d. “How come his car just up and started like that?”

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