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"Monsters" Quiz
Question | Answer |
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What is Maple Street like at the very beginning of the play? | Calm and friendly |
Why do the residents of Maple Street start to turn on each other? | Their fear overtook their sense and sanity |
Les Goodman is different from the others because . . . | He goes out at night and looks up at the sky; also his car and lights start working first |
Steve suggests that they all find anyone who's considered weird, line them up, and shoot them. The tone of this suggestion is | sarcastic; he doesn't actually want to kill anyone! |
These events occurred on a street called Maple Street because . . . | Maple Street is a generic American street name that could represent any street in America (In other words, this could happen anywhere). |
A theme of this story is . . . | Don't let fear and prejudice overcome your good sense and ability to reason. |
Who is Charlie? | A bully who jumps to conclusions and loves to blame others. |
The conflict in the play is | Aliens are attacking Maple Street! |
An example of a scapegoat, or person who is blamed, in the story is | Les Goodman |
Later in the play the residents start condemning (or punishing) | Charlie because he shoots Pete and his lights are going on and off. |
A conflict is . . . | A problem |
Chronological order is . . | Putting events in time order (For example, she ran at 1:00, then ate at 2:00, etc) |