WorksheetsMonsters Are Due on Maple Street Act I
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The mood at the opening of the play is
joyful
peaceful
exhausted
suspicious
How is the audience first made aware that things are NOT functioning normally on Maple Street?
Les Goodman complains that his car won’t start.
There is an explosion on the power lines.
People are shown having power problems.
Tommy warns the people that their power is about to go off.
Why do Steve and Charlie decide not to leave the neighborhood?
They want to stay and protect their families.
Tommy tells them about a book he has read.
They want to wait and see if the power will come back by itself.
The neighbors ask them not to leave.
Tommy tells a scary story about
people getting lost in a time warp
a world with no people
mutant insects taking over the earth
aliens who look like humans
When Steve says, “Wait a minute….Let’s not be a mob!” he is characterized as
impulsive
preachy
reasonable
weak
People suspect Les Goodman for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
His car starts by itself.
He didn’t come out to look at “meteor."
He has been seen out at the night, looking up at the sky.
He speaks a foreign language.
The mood at the end of Act 1 is
joyful
suspicious
peaceful
exhausted
Tommy's remarks make everyone feel better
true
false
The setting of Act I is
a town in a dream
a town on another planet
a specific town in the United States
any ordinary town in the U.S.
Pete Van Horn volunteers to
walk to the nearby street to see if the power is off there too
. walk to the police station
see if his ham radio works
fix Les Goodman’s car
Act I ends with a crowd against one man
true
false
3. The narrator tells us about the setting at the beginning of Act I. He states, "Maple Street, USA, late summer. A tree-lined little world of front porch gliders, hopscotch, the laughter of children, and the bell of an ice-cream vendor." The narrator's MAIN PURPOSE in describing the setting this way is MOST LIKELY...
to create a suspenseful, terrifying tone
to show that the neighborhood is a peaceful, "normal" neighborhood
to hint that the neighborhood will become violent
to have the audience envision a strange setting
CLAIM: The power outage on Maple Street is an unusual power outage (it is NOT a normal power outage). All of the following details SUPPORT this claim EXCEPT...
the electricity is out
the cars won't start
Portable radios will not work.
The light on Les Goodman's house goes off and on by itself.
Woman One tells the residents that she has seen Les Goodman "here in the wee hours of the morning standing out in front of this house...looking up at the sky...as if he were waiting for something...As if he were looking for something." What INFERENCE has Woman One made about Les Goodman?
He is an oddball.
He likes to look at the stars.
He has insomnia (cannot sleep at night).
He is an alien.
