Invasion from Mars: Comprehension

Where do the events of this play take place?

• in outer space
• in a radio station
• inside a metal cylinder
• on a farm in New Jersey 

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

How does Phillips show his impatience with Wilmuth?

• He cuts off Wilmuth's story
• He asks Wilmuth to sit down
• He refuses to speak to Wilmuth
• He asks Wilmuth to write an article

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What happens immediately after the top of the metal cylinder falls to the ground?

• The entire field catches on fire
• A creature comes out of the cylinder
• The police captain confers with a professor
• Phillips interviews the owner of the farm

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why do the captain and policeman hold a white handkerchief tied to a pole as the approach the metal object?

• They want to clean the object
• They want to use the pole as a weapon
• They believe that aliens use handkerchiefs
• They want to show that they will do no harm

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

How does the reader learn the MOST about the characters in the play?

• through how the characters act
• through what the characters say
• through the way the characters move
• through the descriptions of the narrator

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Read these stage directions from the end of the scene.
(crash of microphone... then dead silence)
How does the scene most likely end?

• Another cylinder drops from the sky into the field.
• Wilmuth captures the starnge creature from the cylinder.
• Phillips drops his microphone and runs away from the field. 
• The creature from the cylinder captures the spectators with its tentacles.

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Which descriptive sentence in the play provides the BEST evidence that the metal cylinder comes from another planet?

• "The metal casing is definitely extraterrestrial."
• "The end of the thing is beginning to flake off!"
• "The monster or whatever it is can hardly move." 
• "Hundreds of cars are parked in a field in back of us."

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Which character in the play speaks MOST formally?

• Wilmuth
• the policeman
• Professor Pierson
• the creature in the cylinder

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Which sentence from the play is the BEST example of informal speech?

• "I don't know what to think."
• Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mr. Wilmuth."
• "I seen a kinda greenish streak and then zingo!"
• "This thing is smooth and, as you can see, of cylindrical shape."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What MOST likely explains the different levels of formality in Phillip's and Wilmuth's speech?

• Phillip's job as a reporter requires formality.
• Wilmuth is trying to advertise his farm on the radio.
• Wilmuth is scared of the metal cylinder, while Phillips is not.
• Phillips is trying to impress Professor Pierson, whil Wilmuth does not care. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3