Act II: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

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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What conclusion can you draw from the dialogue between Figures One and Two at the conclusion of Monsters?

• That is not the first town they have visited.

• They know how to control meteors and sunspots.

• They will settle on Maple Street as human beings.

• They are successful only in small towns.

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Which detail from Act II of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" 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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At the climax of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," what single message underlies all of the characters' statements?

• Pick on them! Not on me!

• I want my lights back on!

• I never believed in aliens!

• Somebody call the police!

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Which of these lines best expresses the theme of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"?

• "I was just tryin' to...tryin' to protect my home, that's all!"

• "Maybe Peter there was trying to tell us something."

• "No...no...it's nothing of the sort! I don't know why the lights are on."

• "They pick the most dangerous enemy they can find...and it's themselves."

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What emotion motivates the speakers in this passage from Act II of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"?

• suspicion

• anger

• sympathy

• despair

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What motivates Steve to make this speech in Act II of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"?:

"There's something you can do, Charlie.  You could go home and keep your mouth shut.  You could quit strutting around like a self-appointed hanging judge and just climb into bed and forget it."

• optimism

• anger

• love

• boredom

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Which event in "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" starts the breakdown of the community?

• the voices of Figure One and Figure Two

• the sound of an object passing overhead

• an argument between Steve and Charlie

• a story told by Tommy about space aliens

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What can you conclude from the dialogue between Figures One and Two at the conclusion on "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"?

• This is not the first town they have visited.

• They know how to control meteors and sunspots

• They will move on to Maple Street disguised as aliens.

• They are successful only in small towns.

What mainly does the final line (Paragraph 53) reveal about what has happened over the course of the excerpt?

• The "monster" has been revealed, and it is Goodman.

• The neighbors have reached an agreement about who is to blame.

• The accused has become an accuser among the group of people.

• The neighbors have discovered who is causing the lights to go off.

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