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WorksheetsThe Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 39mins
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 (can't sleep)
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 a 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.
Where does the story take place?
· A big city
A farm in the USA
A neighborhood street
Outer space
What do the neighbors first suspect caused the power outage?
A meteor
A car accident
Aliens
A broken power line
How does Tommy know about aliens?
·
He read it in a comic book
He saw them
His dad told him
He made it up
What happens when Les Goodman's car starts by itself?
Everyone cheers
He leaves the neighborhood
The neighbors grow suspicious
His wife blames him
Why do the neighbors turn on each other?
They want to find the truth
They are afraid and suspicious
They know who the alien is
They are bored
What do the aliens do during the story?
Destroy the town
Watch the humans turn on each other
Pretend to be people
Send a message
What is the message of the story?
Trust no one
Aliens are real
People destroy themselves with fear
Electricity is important
What do the aliens say at the end?
“Let them destroy themselves.”
“Mission complete.”
“We are not alone.”
“This can only happen in the Twilight Zone.”
as if lacking energy
sluggishly
flustered
metamorphosis
defiant
What does contorted mean?
To bend out of shape
To blend and dissolve
To identify and describe
To find the answer
If you know the rules and you ignore the rules, you are ...
flustered
optimistic
defiant
sluggish
To incriminate someone or something means to...
twist or pull out of shape
show great concern
show nervousness or confusion
cause them to appear guilty
My brother Chris for some reason was always the ____________ in my house. He was always blamed for something.
metamorphosis
antagonism
assent
sccapegoat
A metamorphosis is ....
to appear nervous or confused
a change of form
the opposite of something
an angry person
Antagonism means...
willing to stand up; bold
hopeful about the future
nervous or confused
hostility or unfriendliness
If you miss a test, I hope you have a _________ excuse!
flustered
persistent
legitimate
contorted
Which of these words has the same meaning as sluggish.
slow-moving
fast paced
nervous
intense
The basketball game was tied right up until the last second. I have to say it was a very __________ game.
contorted
balanced
intense
assent
Grandma nodded her _______ and I was thrilled I could go to the skate park with my friends.
scapegoat
assent
defiant
persistent
If you are an optimist, you look at the bright side of things.
True
False
If you were to eat only blue kinds of food, people may say you have some strange _______.
defiance
metamorphosis
idiosyncrasies
smurfness
What genre is “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”?
Fantasy
Science-fiction
Non-fiction
Historical Fiction
Which best describes the setting?
A busy city.
A foreign country in a civil war.
A space ship about to crash to Earth.
An ordinary American street.
In the beginning of the teleplay, how does the reader know it fits in the science fiction genre?
We're told that the story is a work of fantasy.
The plot is described.
The terms "fifth dimension" and "between science and superstition" are used.
The characters are introduced and seem strange.
The people of Maple Street think the loud noise and light are...
An airplane
A meteor
A missile
An exploding oven
Which one of the following is NOT a conflict that arises in the first act?
Everyone's front doors locked themselves.
A light bulb wasn't working.
Lawnmowers weren't working.
The phones stopped working.
When Steve suggests the neighbors should go around and “see who isn’t human," what effect does this have on the reader?
It make the reader happy to finally know.
It is ignored because it means nothing.
It scares them because it could really happen.
The reader can infer that the neighbors may start distrusting each other.
Why does Steve try to explain the light by talking about meteors and sunspots?
He's trying to reassure everyone that they shouldn't be scared.
He works for NASA.
He's a science teacher and wants to prove what happened.
He wants to scare everyone.
Tommy says the beings from outer space send down something ahead of their arrival. What does Tommy say they send down?
Donuts
Meteors and sunspots
Lots of power outages
Individuals who look human
After Tommy explains his theory, whose car all of the sudden starts up?
Steve's
Pete Van Horn's
Les Goodman's
Charlie's
Almost instantly, the neighboorhood becomes suspicious of Les because...
His porch lights go on.
He has insomnia
Pete doesn't like him.
He owns a poodle.
When the neighbors turn on Steve, what do they say is suspicious about him?
He's been sick a lot lately.
He owns a poodle.
He jokes too much.
He works on his radios in the basement.
Who is the first person to notice the dark figure coming down the street?
Tommy
Steve
Don
Sally
Who has gone to get their shotgun, saying, "We may need this."?
Charlie
Les
Steve
Don
Tommy gets accused of being the monster while the whole neighborhood is worked up into a frenzy after the shooting. He becomes a _________ for them, because they just want someone to blame.
person
victim
scapegoat
champion
