Journeys Lesson 6

What does the word luminous mean in the sentence below?
The moon appeared luminous behind the bare branches. 

• dull
• large
• round
• shiny

What does the word alarmed mean in the sentence below?
Please do not be alarmed by the sound of the siren. 

• amused
• frightened
• punished
• saddened

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 

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

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

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

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.

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."

Which is the linking verb in the following sentence:

His situation was no longer hopeless.

• was

• his

• longer

• hopeless

Sometimes I can eat a lot of pizza. Which is the helping verb?

• Pizza

• Can

• Eat