Lesson 6 "Invasion From Mars" Comprehension.

1. 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

2. How does Carl Phillips show his impatience with Mr. Wilmuth?

• He cuts off Mr. Wilmuth's story.
• He asks Mr. Wilmuth to sit down.
• He refuses to speak to Mr. Wilmuth.
• He asks Mr. Wilmuth to write an article

3. 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.
• Carl Phillips interviews the owner of the farm

4. Why do the captain and policeman hold a white handkerchief tied to a pole as they 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.

5. 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 an omniscient narrator

6. 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.
• Mr. Wilmuth captures the strange 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.

7. 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."

8. Which character in the play speaks MOST formally?

• Mr. Wilmuth
• the policeman
• Professor Pierson
• the creature in the cylinder

9. Which sentence from the play is the BEST example of informal speech?

• "I don't know what to think."
• "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mr. Wilmuth."
• "I seen a kinda greenish streak and then zingo!"
• "This thing is smooth and, as you can see, of cylindrical shape."

10. What MOST likely explains the different levels of formality in Phillips's and Mr. Wilmuth's speech?

• Phillips's job as a reporter requires formality.
• Mr. Wilmuth is trying to advertise his farm on the radio.
• Mr. Wilmuth is scared of the metal cylinder, while Phillips is not.
• Phillips is trying to impress Professor Pierson, while Mr. Wilmuth does not care.