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WorksheetsMonsters are Due on Maple Street
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the mood at the opening of the play?
a)
suspicious
b)
joyful
c)
exhausted
d)
peaceful
2.
What is the setting of The Monsters are Due on Maple Street?
a)
New York
b)
Floral Street
c)
Maple Street
d)
Chicago
3.
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
4.
When Tommy tells Mr. Brand not to go downtown, he says, "They don't want you to." To whims he referring?
a)
Aliens from outer space
b)
The residents of Maple Street
c)
The wives
d)
His parents
5.
At the end of the play, the residents of Maple Street are --
a)
resolving their problems
b)
meeting with the aliens
c)
turning on one another
d)
moivng to another town
6.
Instructions for the director, crew, and actors are called---
a)
Dialogue
b)
Cues
c)
Stage Directions
d)
Teleprompters
7.
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
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.
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
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.
Smaller parts of an act within a play or drama are called...
a)
Epilogues
b)
Scenes
c)
Chapters
d)
Versions
14.
Why did the writer make the events occur on Maple Street, USA?
a)
The aliens were told to find this street.
b)
The setting indicates that small towns are filled with superstitious people.
c)
The main characters live on this street.
d)
The setting suggests that the events could happen anywhere.
15.
What is the story's theme?
a)
Fear can cause people to think irrationally.
b)
People are their own worst enemies.
c)
Thoughts, attitudes, and prejudices are as destructive as bombs.
d)
All of these
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