The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Review
Authored by BOYD GRIFFITHS
English
7th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Act I of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, which event signals the beginning of the town's troubles?
A woman's telephone does not work.
A man's electric mower will not start.
A roar is heard, and a flash of light is seen.
A boy tells about some stories he has read.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.7
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Act I of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, what motivates Steve to explain the flash of light by talking about meteors and sunspots?
He knows a lot about science and wants to educate his neighbors.
He wants to reassure himself that there is nothing to fear.
He is from outer space and wants to act like a human being.
He wants to find the meteor and sell it to a collector.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.7
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Act I of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, Tommy makes suggestions about the events that are causing fear on Maple Street. Which suggestions does he make?
I, II, IV
II, III, IV
I, III, IV
I, II, III
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.7
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Act I of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, what is Steve's motivation for asking Tommy to explain his story about the aliens sent ahead to earth?
He wants to make Tommy look foolish.
He wants to know what Tommy thinks.
He wants to take charge of the action.
He wants to leave town immediately.
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CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.7
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these events in Act I of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street is the best clue that the neighbors will stop trusting one another?
Don suggests that an electrical storm has caused the power to go off.
A woman says that Tommy has been reading too many comic books.
A man says that they should not be paying attention to Tommy.
Steve jokes that they should check to see who among them is human.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.7
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Act II of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, what role does Steve play as his neighbors keep watch on the Goodmans' house?
He acts as the hanging judge: he tries to convince them that Goodman is dangerous.
He acts as executioner: he volunteers for a firing squad to execute the guilty parties.
He acts as peacemaker: he tries to persuade his neighbors to put aside their suspicions.
He acts as spy: he tries to reach the aliens on his ham radio.
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CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.7
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What emotion motivates Steve in this speech from Act II of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street? Go ahead, what's my wife said? Let's get it all out. Let's pick out every idiosyncrasy of every single man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of kangaroo court. How about a firing squad at dawn, Charlie, so we can get rid of all the suspects?
disgust
amusement
sorrow
love
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
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