A
Where do the events of this play take place?
a. In outer space
b. In a radio station
c. Inside a metal cylinder
d. On a farm in New Jersey
d. On a farm in New Jersey
What happens immediately after the top of the metal cylinder falls to the ground?
a. The entire field catches on fire.
b. A creature comes out of the cylinder.
c. The police captain confers with a professor.
d. Carl Phillips interviews the owner of the farm
b. A creature comes out of the cylinder.
True or False: The genre of the passage is a play.
True
Underline the verb(s) in each sentence.
My uncle is a firefighter.
is
Underline the verb(s) in each sentence.
You are a smart student!
are
How does Carl Phillips show his impatience with Mr. Wilmuth?
a. He cuts off Mr. Wilmuth’s story.
b. He asks Mr. Wilmuth to sit down.
c. He refuses to speak to Mr. Wilmuth.
d. He asks Mr. Wilmuth to write an article.
a. He cuts off Mr. Wilmuth’s story.
How does the scene most likely end based on the stage direction below?
(Crash of microphone…then dead silence)
a. Another cylinder drops form the sky into the field.
b. Mr. Wilmuth captures the strange creature from the cylinder.
c. Phillips drops his microphone and runs away from the field.
d. The creature from the cylinder tickles spectators with its tentacles.
c. Phillips drops his microphone and runs away from the field.
Underline the verb(s) in each sentence.
The boys raced to the finish line.
raced
Underline the verb(s) in each sentence.
The movie starts in five minutes.
starts
Underline the verb(s) in each sentence.
The class will go to the assembly.
will go
Which descriptive sentence in the play provides the BEST evidence that the metal cylinder comes from another planet?
a. “The metal casing is definitely extraterrestrial.”
b. “The end of the things is beginning to flake off!”
c. “The monster or whatever it is can hardly move.”
d. “Hundreds of cars are parked in a field in back of us.”
a. “The metal casing is definitely extraterrestrial.”
Why do the captain and policeman hold a white handkerchief tied to a pole as they approach the metal object?
a. They want to clean the object.
b. They want to use the pole as a weapon.
c. They believe that aliens use handkerchiefs.
d. They want to show that they will do no harm.
d. They want to show that they will do no harm.
Underline the verb(s) in each sentence.
The deer disappeared into the woods.
disappeared
Underline the verb(s) in each sentence.
The squirrels had run up the tree.
had run
fade
a. Hard to describe
b. To lose brightness or color
c. To communicate
b. To lose brightness or color
How does the reader learn the most about the characters in the play?
a. Through how the characters act.
b. Through what the characters say.
c. Through the way the characters move.
d. Through the descriptions of an omniscient narrator.
b. Through what the characters say.
alarmed
a. Discussing with others
b. Very unusual; remarkable
c. Frightened and shocked
c. Frightened and shocked
convey
a. Hard to describe
b. To lose brightness or color
c. To communicate
c. To communicate
conferring
a. Discussing with others
b. Very unusual; remarkable
c. Frightened and
a. Discussing with others
daring
e. A sense of wonder
f. Adventurous and unafraid
g. Brightly lit
f. Adventurous and unafraid