The Monsters are on Maple Street

What is the setting of this story? Modern times on _______________________

• Maple Street, in suburban America

• The Canadian forest

• A deep-sea base

• On the moon.

What are these people's relationship to each other?

• neighbors

• friends

• a big family

• co-workers

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How do the group of neighbors feel about the new family that moved in at the end of the street? There can be multiple points of view here.

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How does this group of neighbors feel about the new family that moved in down the street? There can be multiple points of view here.

Answer explanation

A correct answer will describe the attitude of at least one character towards the new family that moved in.

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The neighbors are scared and immediately suspicious of whom after the mysterious power outage?

• Holly

• Each other

• Kenneth

• The new neighbors.

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Everyone is worried about a terrorist attack, and Dylan mentions Ground Zero. What historical event must have recently happened in this story?

Answer explanation

Hint: This historical event happened in the year 2001.

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The mysterious new neighbors appear to have the only working vehicle in the neighborhood. What are the rest of the neighbors most likely thinking?

• That the new neighbors are just lucky.

• That they are here to rescue the rest of the neighborhood.

• That the neighbors must be behind all these strange events.

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Why do you think Will is so much more calm and willing to trust that the new neighbors are innocent compared to his other, paranoid neighbors?

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What can we infer by this scene at the end? What was the reason behind all the mysterious events?

What is the main theme or overall message of this story?

Answer explanation

Hint: Who were the real monsters on Maple Street?

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