Monsters are Due on Maple Street assessment

What is the mood at the opening of the play?

• suspicious

• joyful

• exhausted

• peaceful

Why do you think the writer made the events occur on Maple Street, U.S.A.? 

• The aliens were told to find this street. 

• The setting indicates that small towns are filled with superstitious people. 

• The main characters live on this street. 

• The setting suggests that the events could happen anywhere. 

Why do the residents start to believe Tommy’s story? 

• They had read similar stories in books. 

• Tommy has always told the truth before. 

• Fear overtakes their good sense. 

• They think it is wise to consider every possibility. 

What is Tommy's explanation for what is happening?

• It was a weather balloon.

• There was no flash.

• Aliens have landed.

• it was thunder because a storm is coming
  It was thunder because a storm is coming.

Why do the residents of Maple Street distrust Les Goodman?

• They like fifth columnists. 

• They don’t like people with foreign cars. 

• They fear anyone who is different. 

• They know the Goodman family owns a ham radio.

Which vocabulary word best completes the sentence?
^{The aliens had _____ directions for how to handle the humans.}

• menace

• transfixed

• assent

• explicit

Which vocabulary word best completes the sentence?
^{As the mob began _____ on Tommy, his mother shielded him.}

• variations

• defiant

• idiosyncrasy

• converging

Which vocabulary word best completes the sentence?
 
^{The people feared anyone who showed a(n)  _____ and thought it made him/her a possible alien.}

• intelligible

• defiant

• idiosyncrasy

• converging

Which of the following events takes place at the very beginning of the exposition?

• A fight develops between Don Martin and Les Goodman.`

• The narrator describes where and when the drama takes place.

• The car belonging to Steve Brand will not start.

• A mysterious telephone call is made to Myra Brand.

Which of the following describes the mood on Maple Street at the end of the drama?

• a tense nightmare

• a calm return to normal

• a humorous sense of relief

• an excited celebration