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7th GR Monsters are Due on Maple St
7th GR Monsters are Due on Maple St
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1
All of the following events make the residents nervous and arouse their suspicions EXCEPT...
a screeching roar is heard
Mrs. Brand's stove stops working
Tommy's computer starts displaying strange messages
one man's power mower stops working
2
What is the main conflict of MDMS?
Charlie shot Pete
Les Goodman is an alien
Everything shut off and people begin to panic
The aliens come down to fight Maple Street
3
Which statement BEST describes a mob scene?
everyone works together to agree
no one person is important each is respected
individual voices heard everyone acts together
individual voices drowned out- fear takes over
4
What is the largest section that a drama is divided into?
lines
scenes
acts
plays
5
Why do the residents start to believe Tommy's story?
fear overtakes their good sense
he always told the truth
they think it's wise to consider everything
they had read similar stories in books
6
What is a THEME?
a lesson that applies to real life
The main idea of a story
The author's purpose for writing a story
the author's tone in writing
7
What is the resolution of MDMS?
The aliens land and fight the humans
Aliens plan to travel the world destroying communities
Steve gets the neighborhood undercontrol
Maple Street burns to the ground
8
Which of the following is NOT part of the exposition
it was small town America
it was 6:43PM
Neighbors were talking on gliders
it was a dark, stormy night
9
This person said, "you're letting something begin that's a nightmare!"
Mrs. Goodman
Les Goodman
Charlie
Tommy
10
Which dramatic elements gives more information about character actions?
acts
scenes
stage directions
dialogue
11
Why does Charlie shoot Pete Van Horn?
he thinks Pete caused power failure
has seen Pete gazing at night sky
believes Pete is making ham radios
sees a dark figure coming & thinks it is the monster
12
At the end of the play, the residents of Maple Street are...
moving to another town
resolving their problems
turning on one another
meeting with the aliens
13
What is another word for a character's lines in a drama?
dialogue
speaker
stage directions
scenes
14
What is the climax of the story?
Charlie shot Pete
Everyone begins to riot
Aliens conduct a society experiment
Tommy warns everyone about the aliens
15
The residents turn against Les Goodman because they...
distrust anyone who is different
don't like people with foreign cars
know the Goodman family owns a ham radio
like 5th columnists
16
Which character is the "serious, bespectacled 14-year-old boy?"
Charlie
Tommy
Steve Brand
Pete Van Horn
17
In a play or story, complications...
are the solutions to the problems
are the sequence of events in story
are the most exciting moments in story
make it hard for the characters to get what they want
18
At the end of the play, it turns out that the REAL monster is...
Charlie's behavior
Tommy's mind
the fear & prejudice of human minds
the aliens
