"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" Quiz

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 an ice cream man

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CCSS.RL.7.1

When the townspeople turn on their radios,

• they hear nothing

• they learn that aliens have attacked

• they learn that a meteor has landed nearby

• they hear strange, hypnotic music

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CCSS.RL.7.1

Why won't Steve Brand's car start?

• The battery is dead.

• The engine has broken down.

• It has run out of gas.

• Nobody can figure out why.

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

• Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio

• Tommy

• Steve Brand

• Mrs. Goodman

Why does Pete Van Horn leave Maple Street?

• He is afraid of his neighbors.

• to see whether a power line has broken

• to see whether Floral Street has power

• to catch a space monster

Les Goodman tells the others that he is guilty of...

• summoning space aliens

• insomnia

• Bad Bunny's obsession

• none of these

Which character seems to try the hardest to keep the situation on Maple Street from getting out of control?

• Charlie's wife

• Steve Brand

• Mrs. Goodman

• Tommy

Suspicion falls upon Steve Brand because he has built...

• a ham radio set

• a spaceship

• a telephone

• a bunker

What does Charlie do when a figure approaches from the darkness?

• holds up his own shotgun

• fires Don Martin's shotgun

• locks himself in his house

• listens to Bad Bunny's album YHLQMDLG

Who dies in Act II?

• Don Martin

• an alien

• Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio

• Pete Van Horn