Monsters on Maple Street

What is the mood at the opening of the play?

• suspicious

• joyful

• peaceful

What is the setting of The Monsters are Due on Maple Street?

• Floral Street

• Maple Street

All of the following events make the residents nervous and arouse their suspicions except -

• one man's power mower stops working

• Tommy's computer starts displaying strange messages

• a screeching roar is heard overhead

At the end of the play, the residents of Maple Street are _________.

• turning on one another

• moving to another town

Between which characters does the conflict of the drama develop?

• Tommy and his friends

• all the neighbors on Maple Street

Between which characters does the conflict of the drama develop?

• all the neighbors on Maple Street

• Steve Brand and the narrator

What effect does the following stage direction have on the reader?
"The dark figure continues to walk toward them as the people stand there, fearful, mothers clutching children, men standing in front of their wives."

• shows the character is trying to stay calm, but is feeling more upset than shown

• emphasizes the fact that everyone in the crowd is so overcome with fear of the unknown

What is the story's theme?

• Working together can make difficult situations easier.

• Thoughts, attitudes, and prejudices are as destructive as bombs.

How is the audience first made aware that things are NOT functioning normally on Maple Street?

• Les Goodman complains that his car won’t start.

• There is an explosion on the power lines.

• People are shown having power problems.

Tommy tells a scary story about

• a world with no people

• mutant insects taking over the earth

• aliens who look like humans