Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

The setting of Act I is

• a town in a dream

• a town on another planet

• a specific town in the United States

• any ordinary town in the U.S.

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The CAMERA has begun to PAN DOWN until it passes the horizon and on a sign which

reads, "Maple Street." PAN DOWN until we are shooting down at an angle toward the

street below. It's a tree-lined, quiet residential American street, very typical of the small

town. The houses have front porches on which people sit and swing on gliders, conversing

across from house to house. Steve Brand polishes his car parked in front of his house. His

neighbor, Don Martin, leans against the fender watching him. 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. Two

women gossip on the front lawn. Another man waters his lawn. What is the mood?

• gloomy

• wholesome

• pessimistic

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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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Woman: Operator, operator, something’s wrong on the

phone, operator!

What is the tone?

• confused

• warning

• panicked

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Pete Van Horn volunteers to

• walk to the nearby street to see if the power is off there too

• . walk to the police station

• see if his ham radio works

• fix Les Goodman’s car

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Steve: I’ll run downtown. We’ll get this all straightened

out.

What is the tone?

• sarcastic

• reassuring

• frustrated

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Tommy tells a scary story about

• people getting lost in a time warp

• a world with no people

• mutant insects taking over the earth

• aliens who look like humans

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Tommy: Mr. Brand… you better not! … They don’t want

you to.

What is the tone?

• warning

• confused

• anxious

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What is Tommy's theory of the cause of the events?

• Animals are attacking

• Aliens are invading them

• The government is involved.

• There are spies from another country among them.

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Conflict: Charlie worries that the police will think he’s crazy for reporting the situation on Maple Street.

What is the type of conflict?

• man vs. society

• man vs. self

• man vs. nature

• man vs. man

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