Worksheets"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" Act II Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Between which characters does the conflict of the play develop?
Tommy and his friends.
all the neighbors on Maple Street
strangers who move to Maple Street
Steve Brand and the narrator
What does it mean to be a scapegoat?
To blame someone else for the mistakes of others.
To be a goat that escaped from a pen.
To take the blame for other people.
Why does Charlie shoot Pete Van Horn?
The aliens were told to find this street.
He has seen Pete gazing at the night sky.
He sees a dark figure approaching and thinks it is the monster.
He believes Pete is making ham radios.
In your opinion, what "force" drove the residents of Maple Street to become a mob against each other?
their lack of trust
their fear of the unknown
their inability to solve a crime
their lack of common sense
After Pete Van Horn dies, what happens that makes Charlie look more suspicious to the neighbors?
The woman remembers Charlie's odd behavior.
Charlie's lights turn on.
Charlie's car starts.
None of these.
Towards the end of the play, what do the residents begin to do?
Accuse/blame one another.
Work together to solve the mystery.
Defeat the aliens.
Feel sorry for themselves.
What inference can we make about Figure One and Figure Two?
they work for the government
they are spies
they are not from this world
they are people
Based on the dialogue between Figure One and Figure Two, you can infer that --
Maple Street was the last mission on their agenda.
They will confront the residents of Maple Street.
They will move on to another location and do the same again.
They will leave Earth to report their findings.
At the end of the play, the people on Maple Street are
Meeting with the aliens.
Resolving their problems.
Turning on one another.
Moving to another town.
Which of the following describes the mood on Maple Street at the end of the play?
A tense nightmare.
A calm return to normal.
A celebration.
A sense of relief.
