Monsters On Maple Street
Choose 1 correct answer for each multiple choice question.
- 1.This screenplay was written during what time in history?
- A.
World War I
- B.
World War II
- C.
The Cold War
- D.
The Vietnam War
- 2.What word describes how the author hints at upcoming events?
- A.
Foreshadowing
- B.
Conflict
- C.
Resolution
- D.
Screenplay
- 3.Nervous, confused.
- A.
Metamorphosis
- B.
Scapegoat
- C.
Assent
- D.
Flustered
- 4.Which is a correct use of defiant?
- A.
The kids were defiant and did their homework willingly.
- B.
The man defiantly refused to raise his flag in honor of the terrorist.
- C.
She tried to attain the virtue of defiance.
- 5.What does assent mean?
- A.
Disagreement
- B.
Agreement
- C.
Feeling of remorse
- D.
Creative act
- 6.What is NOT true of making predictions while reading?
- A.
Predictions are an educated guess about the story.
- B.
The author gives hints so that a reader can base his/her predictions on where the story is headed.
- C.
Predictions are not helpful when reading because it can take away from the story.
- D.
If you make a chart while predicting and reading, you can revise where you have wrongly predicted.
- 7.A main theme of this story is suspicion and being prejudiced.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- C.
There is not enough information in the story to answer this.
- 8.The Latin root -sist means...
- A.
Free
- B.
Up
- C.
Follow
- D.
Stand
- 9.The nuclear arms race was an actual war fought in the USSR.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.A play designed to be a movie is...
- A.
A drama.
- B.
A show.
- C.
A screenplay.
- 11.When reading, you should take __________________________, then create _________________________. Then when you get new information, you should make a _____________________________________.
- A.
Predictions, new information, hint
- B.
Hints, revised predictions, prediction
- C.
Hints, a prediction, revised prediction
- D.
A screenplay, hints, prediction
- 12.Who is the scapegoat in the book we are reading aloud?
- A.
Miz Elda
- B.
Cadi
- C.
Elen
- D.
Sin Eater
- 13.Which 2 vocab words are oppposites?
- A.
Flustered, scapegoat
- B.
Sluggishly, persistently
- C.
Assent, metamorphosis
- D.
Defiant, sluggishly
- 14.Who is the person in the story who first suggested an outside force caused the town's problems?
- A.
Don
- B.
Tommy
- C.
Steve
- D.
Sally
- 15.Why did the townspeople laugh when someone suggested they go and find out who all were really humans?
- A.
They didnt' believe it at all.
- B.
They were not humans themselves.
- C.
They were a little scared it might be true.
- 16.Which of the following were strange events at the beginning of the story?
- A.
Cars wouldn't start
- B.
Electricity didn't work
- C.
Phones didn't work
- D.
All of the above
- 17.What did Steve and Don think should be done when everything weird started happening?
- A.
They should walk into town.
- B.
Everyone should just wait inside their homes.
- C.
Tommy should go check it out.
- D.
They should call the police.
- 18.Whose car mysteriously started by itself?
- A.
Tommy's
- B.
Goodman's
- C.
Charlie's
- D.
Steve's
- 19.After the car started, the people developed a(n) __________________________________?
- A.
Oddball
- B.
Forgiving spirit
- C.
Freedom from fear
- D.
Mob mentality
- 20.What reason did the woman give to prove Goodman was strange and they should suspect him?
- A.
He was starting to act like an alien.
- B.
He was from another state.
- C.
He ate strange foods.
- D.
He came out at night and looked up at the sky.
- 21.Why was Steve the next target of the group, after Goodman?
- A.
He looked different than all the others.
- B.
He went inside Goodman's house.
- C.
He resisted the group and didn't join in.
- 22.Who shoots Pete Van Horn?
- A.
Charlie
- B.
Sally
- C.
Steve
- D.
Goodman
- 23.When the crowd begins to accuse Charlie, to whom does he assign the blame?
- A.
Pete Van Horn
- B.
Steve
- C.
Tommy
- D.
Don
- 24.Who is responsible for turning on and off lights and turning cars on?
- A.
Tommy
- B.
The city power company
- C.
Oliver
- D.
Aliens
- 25.Who were the monsters on Maple Street?
- A.
The aliens
- B.
The people who lived on Maple Street
- C.
Tommy and his family
- D.
The power company
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