WorksheetsThe Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of the word EXPLICIT?
a)
Confusing.
b)
Understandable.
c)
To express precisely or clearly.
2.
What is the definition of the word CONVERGE?
a)
When you add two or more things together to make one.
b)
Things that don't combine.
c)
Talking or speaking.
3.
What is the definition of the word IDIOSYNCRASY?
a)
A peculiar or strange character trait.
b)
A weird person.
c)
A mistake.
4.
Choose the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence.
The aliens had _____ directions for how to handle the humans.
The aliens had _____ directions for how to handle the humans.
a)
menace
b)
transfixed
c)
assent
d)
explicit
5.
Choose the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence.
As the mob began _____ on Tommy, his mother shielded him.
As the mob began _____ on Tommy, his mother shielded him.
a)
variations
b)
defiant
c)
idiosyncrasy
d)
converging
6.
Choose the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence.
The people feared anyone who showed a(n) _____ and thought it made him/her a possible alien.
The people feared anyone who showed a(n) _____ and thought it made him/her a possible alien.
a)
intelligible
b)
defiant
c)
idiosyncrasy
d)
converging
7.
Which of the following takes place at the very beginning of the exposition?
a)
A fight develops between Don Martin and Les Goodman.`
b)
The narrator describes where and when the drama takes place.
c)
The car belonging to Steve Brand will not start.
d)
A mysterious telephone call is made to Myra Brand.
8.
Between which characters does the conflict of the drama develop?
a)
Tommy and his friends
b)
all the neighbors on Maple Street
c)
strangers who move to Maple Street
d)
Steve Brand and the narrator
9.
Which of the following describes the mood on Maple street at the end of the drama?
a)
a tense nightmare
b)
a calm return to normal
c)
a humorous sense of relief
d)
an excited celebration
10.
Which of the following do the people of Maple Street do at the end of the drama?
a)
The residents violently accuse one another of starting the power failure.
b)
The people all leave their homes and run away forever.
c)
As a group, they surrender to the mysterious strangers.
d)
Once the power is restored, the residents resume their normal lives.
11.
Which statement best summarizes a possible theme of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"?
a)
Good neighbors should not object to being observed by the police.
b)
When neighbors suspect one another, they can destroy their community.
c)
Neighborhoods should be prepared for an invasion from outer space.
d)
If everyone is suspected of being dangerous, then no one is dangerous.
12.
A major section of a play or drama is called a (n)...
a)
Scene
b)
Act
c)
Chapter
d)
Stanza
13.
Instructions for the director, crew, and actors are called---
a)
Dialogue
b)
Cues
c)
Stage Directions
d)
Teleprompters
14.
Smaller parts of an act within a play or drama are called...
a)
Epilogues
b)
Scenes
c)
Chapters
d)
Versions
15.
What effect does the following stage direction have on the reader?
"A flash of light plays on the faces of both boys and then moves down the street and disappears."
"A flash of light plays on the faces of both boys and then moves down the street and disappears."
a)
creates a sense of mystery
b)
shows the character is trying to stay calm, but is feeling more upset than shown
c)
emphasizes the fact that the crowd is so overcome with the fear of the unknown
d)
makes people focus on outer space
16.
What effect does the following stage direction have on the reader?
"The dark figure continues to walk toward them as the people stand there, fearful, mothers clutching children, men standing in front of their wives."
"The dark figure continues to walk toward them as the people stand there, fearful, mothers clutching children, men standing in front of their wives."
a)
shows the character is trying to stay calm, but is feeling more upset than shown
b)
emphasizes the fact that everyone in the crowd is so overcome with fear of the unknown
c)
makes the reader focus on outer space
d)
makes the reader laugh
17.
All of the following events make the residents nervous and arouse their suspicions except -
a)
one man's power mower stops working
b)
Tommy's computer starts displaying strange messages
c)
a screeching roar is heard overhead
d)
Mrs. Brand's stove stops working
18.
Why do the residents start to believe Tommy's story?
a)
They had read similar stories in books.
b)
Tommy has always told the truth before.
c)
Fear overtakes their good sense.
d)
They think it is wise to consider every possibility
19.
Why does Charlie shoot Pete Van Horn?
a)
He thinks Pete caused the power failure.
b)
He believes Pete is making ham radios.
c)
He has seen Pete gazing at the night sky.
d)
He sees a dark figure approaching and thinks it is the monster.
20.
The main conflict in the play is
a)
between Charlie and Tommy
b)
the people themselves
c)
between the aliens and people
d)
between Charlie and Steve
21.
information that is new, especially surprising, or valuable
a)
assent
b)
optimistic
c)
converging
d)
revelation
22.
What does it mean to gradually establish an idea in someone's mind?
a)
infer
b)
instill
c)
details
d)
context
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