WorksheetsMonsters are Due on Maple Street
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 31mins
What is Tommy's explanation for what is happening?
It was a hot air balloon.
Aliens have landed.
It was a thunderstorm.
There was no flash.
Les Goodman tells the others he is guilty of
Insomnia
Summoning aliens
tricking his neighbors
none of these
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.
Why do the people on Maple Street begin suspecting that there is a monster?
A meteor flies over the neighborhood.
All of the power goes out on Maple Street.
None of the cars will start on Maple Street.
All of the above
At first, they do not believe Tommy's story. Things begin to go wrong when
The neighbors find out Goodman is an alien
The lights go on at Steve's house.
Les Goodman's car suddenly starts up.
The aliens prepare to land.
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.
Which character tries to talk sense into the mob, and get them to calm down?
Steve
Tommy
Charlie
Les Goodman
Who are the real monsters on Maple Street?
The aliens from Mars.
Tommy
Charlie
The residents themselves.
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.
Who are most likely the “suspects” Steve refers to in the following passage?
STEVE. Go ahead, what’s my wife said? Let’s get it all out. Let’s pick out every idiosyncrasy of every man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of kangaroo court. How about a firing squad at dawn, Charlie, so we can get rid of all the suspects? Narrow them down. Make it easier for you.
Neighbors who appear different from other neighbors
Criminals who have been caught in the neighborhood
City officials that control the neighbors' lights
A family that moves into a new house
Which phrase from the following excerpt most closely supports the meaning of the term scapegoat?
“STEVE. [Interrupting] Charlie, don’t tell me what I can afford! And stop telling me who’s dangerous and who isn’t and who’s safe and who’s a menace. [He turns to the group and shouts.] And you’re with him, too—all of you! You’re standing here all set to crucify—all set to find a scapegoat—all desperate to point some kind of finger at a neighbor! Well now look, friends, the only thing that’s gonna happen is that we’ll eat each other up alive—”
"stop telling me who's dangerous"
"desperate to point some kind of finger at a neighbor"
"now, look, friends"
"we'll eat each other up alive"
What does the following dialogue mainly reveal about Steve?
“CHARLIE. Go ahead, Steve. What kind of ‘radio set’ you workin’ on? I never seen it. Neither has anyone else. Who you talk to on that radio set? And who talks to you? STEVE. I’m surprised at you, Charlie. How come you’re so dense all of a sudden? [A pause.] Who do I talk to? I talk to monsters from outer space. I talk to three-headed green men who fly over here in what look like meteors.”
Steve is admitting to Charlie that he is from outer space.
Steve is showing that he finds Charlie's questions ridiculous.
Steve explaining how his radio set works so Charlie will understand.
Steve is stalling while he figures out how to answer Charlie's questions.
What mainly does the following line reveal about what has happened over the course of the excerpt?
(Occurs after Charlie's lights come on)
GOODMAN. That’s what I’d like to know.
The "monster" has been revealed, and it is Goodman.
The neighbors have reached an agreement about who is to blame.
The accuses has become an accuser among the group.
The neighbors have discovered who is causing the lights to go off.
Which of the following selections best expresses a theme of the excerpt?
Talking through a problem can allow for a peaceful resolution
Fear of the unknown and paranoia can lead to disaster
Spying on the behavior of others assists in preventing neighborhood crime
Leadership is necessary when trying to come up with a solution
Which line from the excerpt most strongly supports the theme?
“‘Until we get this all straightened out, you ain’t exactly above suspicion yourself.’”
“'What I’d like to know is—what are we gonna do?’”
“‘I think we better keep our eye on you too!’”
“‘He comes walking out of the darkness—how am I supposed to know who he was?’”
Which inference can be best made about how Steve feels about Goodman?
Steve feels protective of Goodman
Steve feels thankful for Goodman
Steve feels angry with Goodman
Steve feels afraid of Goodman
What is Tommy's theory of the cause of the events?
Animals are attacking
Aliens are invading them
The government is involved.
There are spies from another country among them.
How does the crowd's mood change as the plot begins to unravel?
It reverts from worried to calm.
It grows from concerned to full of rage.
It starts off as worried, but changes to fear and suspicion.
It changes from upset to sadness.
Who turned out to be the resident's biggest enemy?
the figures
Charlie
Tommy
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
(Hint: think of the last part of the story when the aliens repeat the word "few")
Which of these statements would be unimportant in a summary of Act I?
A roar and a flash of light interrupt the usual events in a neighborhood one evening.
The power fails, telephones and portable radios do not work, and cars will not start.
A boy says that aliens would not like it if the neighbors left the town.
A man reminds his neighbors that his family has lived on the street for five years.
Why do you think the writer made the events occur on Maple, Street USA?
The aliens were told to find this street.
The setting indicated that small towns are filed with superstitions people.
The main character live on this street.
The setting suggests that the events could happen anywhere.
Which of these is the best summary of Act 1?
The neighbors on Maple Street are unhappy because their power is out.
Les Goodman frightens his neighbors when his car starts by itself.
A strange event causes neighbors to become suspicious of one another.
Pete Van Horn leaves Maple Street to see what is happening elsewhere.
"The dark figure continues to walk toward them as the people stand there, fearful, mothers clutching children, men standing in front of their wives."
