Monsters are Due Review

Which part of a story is the Exposition?

• The end

• The beginning

• The middle

• The epilogue

What happens in the exposition of the teleplay?

• suspicious neighbors blaming each other for the power outage

• hysterical neighbors killing and destroying property

• neighbors blame each other for a power outage

• neighbors wondering what caused a sound and flash of light

One possible theme of The Monsters are Due on Maple Street might be

• Don't trust kids with glasses

• Unchecked fear can create panic

• Make friends with aliens

• Be careful around loaded guns

What are conflicts?

• Problems

• Barriers

• Issues between characters

• All of these

Why do conflicts first develop among the neighbors on Maple Street?

• They distrust one another because they are afraid

• Tommy makes everyone angry at each other

• Steve attacks people with a gun

• Charlie wants to leave Maple Street

The author of The Monsters are Due on Maple Street is...

• Stephen King

• Harry Styles

• Yore Mahmm

• Rod Sterling

The television series that The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street was a part of is called

• New Direction

• The Fifth Dimension

• The Twilight Zone

• The Sixth Sense

Tommy believes that the power goes out because

• His neighbor, Don Martin, is clipping powerlines

• There is a strong electrical storm

• There is a total eclipse of the sun

• Aliens from outer space are controlling the electronics

Charlie shoots Pete Van Horn because...

• Charlie is the monster and doesn't want Pete to tell everyone

• Charlie does not recognize Pete and thinks he's the monster

• Pete is the monster and Charlie knows he has to die

• Pete runs up to him and attacks him

Which of the following do the people of Maple Street do during the falling action of the teleplay?

• The residents violently accuse one another of being monsters and starting the power failure.

• All of the people leave their homes and run away forever.

• As a group, they surrender to the mysterious figures.

• Once the power is restored, the residents resume their normal lives and live happily ever after.