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"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you know the rules and you ignore the rules, you are ...

a)

flustered

b)

optimistic

c)

defiant

d)

sluggish

2.

Which of these words has the same meaning as sluggish.

a)

slow-moving

b)

fast paced

c)

nervous

d)

intense

3.
Instructions for the director, crew, and actors are called---
a)
Dialogue
b)
Cues
c)
Stage Directions
d)
Teleprompters
4.
Choose the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence.
As the mob began _____ on Tommy, his mother shielded him.
a)
variations
b)
defiant
c)
idiosyncrasy
d)
converging
5.
A major section of a play or drama is called a (n)...
a)
Scene
b)
Act
c)
Chapter
d)
Stanza
6.
Smaller parts of an act within a play or drama are called...
a)
Epilogues
b)
Scenes
c)
Chapters
d)
Versions
7.

fascinated

a)

transfixed

b)

flustered

c)

sluggishly

d)

defiant

8.

nervous; confused

a)

flustered

b)

defiant

c)

metamorphosis

d)

transfixed

9.

firmly and steadily

a)

persistently

b)

defiant

c)

flustered

d)

transfixed

10.

boldly resisting

a)

flustered

b)

defiant

c)

persistently

d)

transfixed

11.

as if lacking energy

a)

sluggishly

b)

flustered

c)

metamorphosis

d)

defiant

12.

change of form

a)

transfixed

b)

defiant

c)

flustered

d)

metamorphosis

13.

He was ________ by the TV show about penquins.

a)

transfixed

b)

defiant

c)

metamorphosis

d)

sluggishly

14.

The ________ bus driver took many wrong turns.

a)

defiant

b)

transfixed

c)

flustered

d)

metamorphosis

15.

The tired hikers walked ________ down the trail.

a)

sluggishly

b)

transfixed

c)

flustered

d)

defiant

16.

The dog scratched ________ at the door.

a)

persistently

b)

defiant

c)

metamorphosis

d)

transfixed

17.

The _______ colonists demanded independence.

a)

defiant

b)

transfixed

c)

persistently

d)

metamorphosis

18.

We witnessed the ______ of a caterpillar into a butterfly.

a)

metamorphosis

b)

defiant

c)

flustered

d)

transfixed

19.

"Maple Street, USA, late summer" is the __ of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street."

a)

plot

b)

theme

c)

setting

d)

cast

20.

What kind of drama is "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"?

a)

folk play

b)

teleplay

c)

comedy

d)

drama

21.

Which genre (category of literature) is "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" considered?

a)

romance

b)

horror

c)

historical fiction

d)

science fiction

22.

(The camera continues to move away while gradually bringing into focus a field. We see the metal side of

a spacecraft that sits shrouded in darkness. An open door throws out a beam of light from the illuminated interior. TWO FIGURES appear, silhouetted against the bright lights. We get only a vague feeling of form.)

a)

dialogue

b)

stage directions

c)

a monologue

d)

the cast

23.

Characters

Narrator

(Mr. Serling)

Tommy

Steve Brand

Don Martin

Myra Brand, Steve’s wife

Woman

Voice One

Voice Two

Voice Three

Voice Four

Voice Five

Pete Van Horn

Charlie

Sally, Tommy’s mother

Man One

Les Goodman

Ethel Goodman

Man Two

Figure One

Figure Two

a)

dialogue

b)

stage directions

c)

a monologue

d)

the cast

24.

What is the entire text of a play called?

a)

scroll

b)

scene

c)

set

d)

script

25.
Two converging lights in the sky would
a)
move away from each other.
b)
change colors.
c)
join together into a single light.
26.
In which sentence is the meaning of the word "sluggishly" suggested?
a)
My brother shuffled into the room and slumped into a chair.
b)
Her aunt prepared for the tournament by working out every day.
c)
His sister worked at her computer until she had finished her paper.
d)
The adventurers rafted through the dangerous white-water rapids.
27.
In which sentence is the meaning of the word "defiant" suggested?
a)
Well, why don't you go downtown and check with the police?
b)
Go ahead, Tommy. What kind of story was this?
c)
It's just a ham radio set. A lot of people have them.
d)
If they want to look inside our house--let them get a search warrant.
28.
In which sentence is the meaning of the word "flustered" suggested?
a)
That was the way they prepared things for the landing.
b)
He always was an oddball. Him and the whole family.
c)
I don't understand. I swear...I don't understand.
d)
They pick the most dangerous enemy they can find.
29.

When they saw a figure walking towards them, the group of neighbors was described as fearful and ________________.

a)

defiant

b)

dense

c)

apprehensive

d)

reluctantly

30.

Tommy was described as partly frightened and partly _____________ when he told Steve and Charlie not to leave the neighborhood.

a)

apprehensive

b)

scapegoat

c)

dense

d)

defiant

31.

Who is the person who tells the story?

a)

Leader

b)

Narrator

c)

Reader

d)

Interpreter

32.

In a play, how do you know what character is speaking?

a)

Their names will be BOLD by each line they say.

b)

You have to guess.

c)

You have to follow along and figure it out.

d)

Their names will be ITALICIZED by each line they say.

33.

In a play, there are italicized brackets. What is in them?

a)

Dialogue

b)

Stage directions & actions

c)

Quotes

d)

The narrator's speech

34.

What genre is a play?

a)

Fable

b)

Prose

c)

Drama

d)

Biography

35.

foreshadowing

a)

a hint about what is going to happen later in the story

b)

a goat shadow puppet

c)

an odd habit

d)

a person that can't sleep

36.
In this element of plot the author introduces the characters and setting...
a)
Resolution
b)
Climax
c)
Exposition
d)
Rising Action 
37.
Plot is
a)
Events that make up a story
b)
The exploding part of story/ turning point of story
c)
setting and characters
d)
the solution to the problem
38.

Climax/Turning Point

a)

particular point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest/most intense point.

b)

A struggle between opposing forces

c)

Conversation between characters

d)

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.

39.

What is the 'falling action' of a story?

a)

When the problem is becoming fixed, leading to the end

b)

The most interesting part

c)

When information is given about characters

d)

The ending

40.

All events leading up to the climax?

a)

Exposition

b)

Resolution

c)

Falling action

d)

Rising action

41.

All events after the climax and leading to the resolution?

a)

Exposition

b)

Resolution

c)

Falling action

d)

Rising action

42.

The most exciting part of the story is called the _________. The height of tension or emotion/action.

a)

Setting

b)

Exposition

c)

Climax

d)

Rising action

43.
The _______ is everything that happens in a story.
a)
problem
b)
sequence
c)
plot
d)
solution
44.
The theme is a lesson learned; the moral of the story.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
A struggle between two or more opposing forces.
a)
climax
b)
conflict
c)
character
d)
chapter
46.

What is the correct order?

a)

Resolution, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Exposition

b)

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

c)

Exposition, Falling Action, Climax, Rising Action, Resolution

d)

Exposition, Climax, Rising Action, Falling Action, Resolution

47.

The author of a play is called the...

a)

author

b)

writer

c)

playwright

d)

director

48.

___________________ is the conversations between characters.

a)

Talking

b)

Dialogue

c)

Conversation

d)

Speaking

49.

What is the definition of DRAMA?

a)

the person who tells the story

b)

a written form of a play

c)

a story told in dialogue by performers in front of an audience

d)

a conversation between or among characters

50.

What is the DIALOGUE of the play?

a)

bracketed information in the script that describes how the characters move

b)

a list of characters in the beginning of the play

c)

a conversation between or among characters

d)

large units of action in the play

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