10.19.23 Quiz

Which of these statements would be unimportant in a summary of Act I?

• A roar and a flash of light interrupt the usual events in a neighborhood one evening.

• The power fails, telephones and portable radios do not work, and cars will not start.

• A boy says that aliens would not like it if the neighbors left the town.

• A man reminds his neighbors that his family has lived on the street for five years.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

In Act II of Monsters, why are the residents so quick to focus on one another as the source of their fear?

• They have never trusted one another.

• They want to keep the focus off themselves.

• They have evidence that there are aliens in the town.

• They see that some neighbors have lights and some do not.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which detail from Act II of Monsters is essential to an understanding of the play?

• Sally says that she and Ethel Goodman have been friends for years.

• Steve says that no one may enter his home without a search warrant.

• Charlie believes that Pete Van Horn is a monster and shoots him.

• The lights in Charlie's house suddenly come back on.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

These include smaller scenes, and are used to divide a play into large sections.

• Setting

• Props

• Scenes

• Acts

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Instructions for actors, directors, and stage crew to help interpret the script

• Stage directions

• Aside

• Props

• Dialogue

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

A conversation between two or more characters

• drama

• monologue

• props

• dialogue

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Objects used by actors in a play.

• props

• drama

• setting

• stage directions

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which statement expresses the main idea of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"?

• A mysterious flash of light causes the power to go out on Maple Street.

• A boy convinces people that aliens have invaded their quiet neighborhood.

• People in a typical American neighborhood turn on each other when they think their street has been invaded by aliens.

• Aliens are planning to take over Earth by causing trouble in one neighborhood after another.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which statement best describes the author's purpose in the story?

• to entertain people with a story about aliens

• to express the opinion that human beings are their worst enemies

• to influence people to take stories of alien invasion more seriously

• to persuade people to support NASA and space exploration

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

3. The narrator tells us about the setting at the beginning of Act I. He states, "Maple Street, USA, late summer. A tree-lined little world of front porch gliders, hopscotch, the laughter of children, and the bell of an ice-cream vendor." The narrator's MAIN PURPOSE in describing the setting this way is MOST LIKELY...

• to create a suspenseful, terrifying tone

• to show that the neighborhood is a peaceful, "normal" neighborhood

• to hint that the neighborhood will become violent

• to have the audience envision a strange setting

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7