The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Quiz

In Act 1, which event signals the beginning of the town's troubles?

• A woman's telephone does not work

• A man's electric mower will not start

• A roar is heard, and flash of light is seen

• A boy tells about some stories he has read

In Act 1, what motivates Steve to explain the flash of light by talking about meteors and sunspots?

• He knows a lot about science and wants to educate his neighbors

• He wants to reassure himself that there is nothing to fear

• He is from outer space and wants to act like a human being

• He wants to find the meteor and sell it to a collector

In Act 1, Tommy makes suggestions about the events that are causing fear on Maple Street. Which suggestions does he make?

• People from outer space are responsible

• Some people on Maple Street might be from outer space

• Mr. Goodman is from outer space

• Nobody should try to leave the town

In Act 1, what is Steve's motivation for asking Tommy to explain his story about the aliens sent ahead to Earth?

• He wants to make Tommy look foolish

• He wants to know what Tommy thinks

• He wants to take charge of the action

• He wants to leave town immediately

In Act 2, what role does Steve play as his neighbors keep watch on the Goodman's house?

• He acts as the hanging judge: he tries to convince them that Goodman is dangerous

• He acts as executioner: he volunteers for a firing squad to execute the guilty parties

• He acts as peacemaker: he tries to persuade his neighbors to put aside their suspicions

• He acts as spy: he tries to teach the aliens on his ham radio

Which of these events in Act 1 is the best clue that the neighbors will stop trusting one another?

• Don suggests that an electrical storm has caused the power to go off

• A woman says that Tommy has been reading too many comic books

• A man says that they should not be paying attention to Tommy

• Steve jokes that they should check to see who among them is human

What emotion motivates Steve in this speech from Act 2? "Go ahead, what's my wife said? Let's get it all out. Let's pick out every idiosyncrasy of every single man, woman, and child ont he 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?"

• Disgust

• Amusement

• Sorrow

• Love

Who, or what, are the true monsters in the title "The Monsters on Maple Street"?

• the people who live on Maple Street

• the electric appliances on Maple Street

• Les and Ethel Goodman

• The mysterious figures at the end of the story

In Act 2, what can you infer will happen to the people on Maple Street?

• The neighbors will realize they're being foolish and work together

• The neighbors will stop fighting and go back to normal

• The neighbors will continue to fight and start to attach each other

• The police will rescue them and capture the aliens

In the play, what events cause the neighbors to begin to suspect each other of being an alien?