Vocabulary
This is a person who is blamed for something they did not do...
What is a scapegoat?
Where does Tommy get his ideas?
What is a comic book?
This is the setting of the story.
What is Maple Street, USA; late summer; early evening (6:43 P.M.)?
This is the number of "aliens" watching over Maple Street.
What is 2?
This is the word for a play written for television
What is a teleplay
This word means very still, as if nailed to the spot,
What is transfixed?
This character is the "voice of reason" among the people on Maple Street.
Who is Steve Brand?
This is the first sign that something is wrong on Maple Street...
What is the flash of light that goes across the sky?
This is the climax of the story.
What is when Charlie shot Pete Van Horn?
The conflict of this story
What is, will the people on Maple Street find out what caused the power failure, and solve the mystery?
This word means frightened with threats.
What is intimidated?
This person goes to the next street to see if they have power.
Who is Pete Van Horn?
The meteor causes...
What is the electricity and all powered machines to go out.
The residents of Maple Street began accusing their neighbors because...
What are...
-strange things were happening, and they were scared and panicked.
-they did not want to be blamed and tried to deflect attention on to someone else.
This is a camera shot of an exterior.
What is an outside shot?
This word means definite, clearly stated.
What is explicit?
This character shot and killed Pete Van Horn without realizing it.
Who is Charlie?
Name four characters who are accused of being the cause of all of the problems.
Who are Les Goodman, Steve, Charlie, and, finally, Tommy?
From the aliens' conversation, you can infer that Maple Street...
What is no different than any other town or city in the world?
When a group of people are scared of something, they often take on a
What is mob mentality?
This word means peculiarity, odd behavior.
What is idiosyncrasy?
This person's car started all by itself.
Who is Les Goodman?
Name the real monsters of the story
Who are the residents of Maple Street?
The resolution of the story was that
What is that Figure One and Figure Two are behind the problems on Maple Street, or that Maple Street is left in chaos.
List three common electronic items we have today that did not exist in the 1960s when this play is set.
What are cell phones, iPods, CD players, remote starters for cars, cordless phones, etc.