Vocabulary
Comprehension
Motive
Summary/Details
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100
This word means change of form...
What is metamorphosis?
100
Who or what are the monsters on Maple Street?
What are the people that live on Maple Street
100
This is what motivates Steve to explain the flash of light by saying it was a meteor...
What is he wanted to keep everyone calm and reassure himself that there is nothing to fear.
100
Which detail is unimportant to a summary of ACT 1? A. Phones and various machines stop working. B. A large object flashes overhead and disappears. C. Steve has recently filled his car's gas tank.
What is C. Steve has recently filled his car's gas tank.
100
This is the role that Steve takes in the play...
What is he acts as peacemaker and tries to keep everyone calm.
200
Define defiant.
What is boldly resisting
200
When do the neighbors begin to think that one of them is an alien and responsible for the strange events?
What is when Tommy says that aliens resembling humans are sent ahead to prepare for a landing.
200
What motivates Pete Van Horn to walk over to the next street in ACT I?
What is he is motivated by curiosity - to find out what is going on & if it's happening over there too.
200
Which is the BEST summary for Act I? A. The neighbors on Maple Street are unhappy because their power is out. B. A strange event causes neighbors to become suspicious of one another. C. Pete Van Horn leaves Maple Street to see what is happening elsewhere.
What is B. A strange event causes neighbors to become suspicious of one another.
200
This is who shoots Pete Van Horn...what was his motive?
Who is Charlie and he thought Pete was an alien.
300
This word means fascinated.
What is transfixed?
300
Why do characters come out of their homes in ACT 1?
What is they are complaining about things not working. They are coming out to see what's going on.
300
What motivates Goodman to accuse Charlie of being one of the aliens?
What is fear and he wants people to stop suspecting him.
300
Which of these statements would be unimportant in a summary of Act 1? A. A roar and a flash of light interrupt the usual events in a neighborhood one evening. B. The power fails, telephones and portable radios do not work, & cars will not start. C. A man reminds his neighbors that his family has lived on the street for 5 years.
What is C. A man reminds his neighbors that his family has lived on the street for 5 years.
300
Define persistently.
What is firmly and steadily.
400
In which sentence is the meaning of sluggishly suggested? A. Tommy shuffled into the room and collasped into a chair. B. Her aunt prepared for the tournament by working out every day. C. His sister worked at her computer until she had finished her paper.
What is A. My brother shuffled into the room and slumped into a chair.
400
What happens when Steve tries to start his car?
What is the car starts to turn over but then stops dead.
400
What is Steve's motivation for asking Tommy to explain his story about aliens in Act I? A. He wants to make Tommy look foolish. B. He wants to know what Tommy thinks. C. He wants to leave the town immediately.
What is B. He wants to know what Tommy thinks.
400
IS the flash of light an important or unimportant detail? WHY?
What is Important - because it is unusual and affects the behavior of all the people.
400
What is the fifth dimension?
What is a realm of the imagination.
500
YES or NO... The calm, soothing music made me feel FLUSTERED. WHY?
What is NO...Soothing music would not make someone feel nervous or confused.
500
Why does Tommy warn Charlie and Steve not to go into town?
What is he is afraid if they leave the aliens will become angry.
500
What emotion motives Steve in this speech? " 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 on the 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?" A. DISGUST B. AMUSEMENT C. SORROW D. LOVE
What is A. DISGUST
500
Which detail is important to understanding the play? A. Sally says that she and Ethel Goodman are good friends. B. Steve says that no one can enter his house without a search warrant. C. Charlie believes Pete Van Horn is a monster and shoots him.
What is C. Charlie believes Pete Van Horn is a monster and shoots him.
500
What can you conclude from the conversation between Figure One and Figure Two at the end of the play? A. They know how to control meteors and sunspots. B. This is not the first town they have visited. C. They will settle on Maple Street and pose as humans.
What is B. This is not the first town they have visited.
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