The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - Act 1 Review

What is the mood at the opening of the play?

• suspicious
• joyful
• exhausted
• peaceful

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CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

All of the following events make the residents nervous and suspicious EXCEPT...

• One man's power mower stops working.

• The ice cream man sells treats to neighborhood children.

• A screeching roar is heard overhead.

• Steve Brand works on a ham radio in his basement.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

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.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

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.7.3

CCSS.W.7.3A

When the townspeople 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

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Why won't Steve Brand's car start?

• It has run out of gas.
• The battery is dead.
• The engine is broke down.
• Nobody can figure out why.

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

• Steve Brand

• Mrs. Goodman

• the narrator

• Tommy

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CCSS.RL.6.1

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.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4