Monsters on Maple Street- Act 1

1. WHY might the Stage Directions point out that Maple Street is “a quiet, tree lined, small-town American street”?

• To set the mood and create a contrast with the title
• To illustrate the setting and show that the town was already dangerous
• To create imagery and show that this happens only when the street is first quiet

2. 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 help calm the people and let them know 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.

3.Which sentence helps you understand the meaning of the scapegoat ?

• That was the way they prepared things for the landing.
• He always was an oddball. Him and his whole family.
• I don't understand. I swear … I don't understand.
• All desperate to point a finger at a neighbor.

4. Based on how it used in the stage directions on page 6, what does metamorphosis mean?

• humor
• transformation
• disagreement
• violence

5. Which sentence best describes best describes the mood in at the end of Act I.

• It's a tree-lined, quiet residential American street, very typical of the small town.
• The people again murmur softly in wonderment and question.
• ...their murmuring becomes a loud chant filling the air with accusations and demands for action.
• He stops abruptly as Charlie suddenly grabs his arm.

6. Which of these events in Act I of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street is a 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.

7. Which of these is the best summary of Act I of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?

• The neighbors on Maple Street are unhappy because their power is out.
• Les Goodman frightens his neighbors when his car starts by itself.
• A strange event causes neighbors to become suspicious of one another.
• Pete Van Horn leaves Maple Street to see what is happening elsewhere.