1. My little boy is very ________ when he wants something,he keeps trying and trying.
   2. Almost everybody has one or more _______________(s)that people who don't them would consider "weird."
   3. The camera should ______ across the scene of the fireshowing everything from one end of the building to the other.
   4. Sometimes Les Goodman had _________, and would getup and look at the stars.
   5. The replays of the auto wreck ___________ TV watchersall over the country.
   6. "Let's get it all out. Let's pick out every _______of every man, woman, and child on this street."
   7. "You're standing here all set to crucify--all set tofind a ________--all desperate to point some kind of a finger at a neighbor."
   8. "They'll probably think we're crazy or something. Alittle power failure and right away we get all ______ (ed) and everything."
   9. "In this brief fraction of a moment, they take thefirst step toward performing a ____________ that changes people from agroup into a mob."
  10. The last book of the Bible is called _____________(s), andit's where the writer reveals visions of the end of the world.
  11. Congress passed the bill unanimously, without ___________.
  12. The Welshman's ___________ about Huck being the real herowas overshadowed by Tom's __________ of the money. (The same word goesin both blanks.)
  13. In professional sports, the coach is often the ________for a team's bad performance, even if it isn't always his fault.
During:
Discussion/Review Questions.

   1. What do the people of Maple Street thinkthe UFO is at first?
   2. Who gets them thinking it might be somethingelse?
   3. True/False. Always taking the same routeto school is a good example of an idiosyncrasy.
   4. So far in the play, who is the scapegoatfor all of the fears of the people of Maple Street?
   5. Why?
Try to connect "Poem#435" by Emily Dickinson to "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street."(in a literary way, of course). What message do they both have? (Hint:Look at your answer to #4.)

   1. "You're standing here all set to crucify--all set tofind a ________--all desperate to point some kind of a finger at a neighbor."
   2. "They'll probably think we're crazy or something. Alittle power failure and right away we get all ______ (ed) and everything."
   3. "In this brief fraction of a moment, they take thefirst step toward performing a ____________ that changes people from agroup into a mob."
   4. Congress passed the bill unanimously, without ___________.
   5. Sometimes Les Goodman had _________, and would getup and look at the stars.
   6. hero : scapegoat :: secret (n) : *____________
   7. "Steve Brand...now stands there __________, staringupwards."
   8. "Let's get it all out. Let's pick out every _______of every man, woman, and child on this street."
   9. (2) After Les's car starts, the camera directions say,"The camera ______ (s) along the faces of the people as they stare, somehowcaught up by this ___________ and somehow...frightened."

After

1. Why does the friendly group of neighbors turn into a dangerousmob?
2. Analyzing Literature (p261): Do questions 1 and 2only.
3. What is the main conflict of the play? (Hint: Whowere the monsters?)
4. What is ironic about Charlie's statement about goingback to the "dark ages"?  (What he meant vs another meaningwecould get from his statement.)
5. Why might the director of the TV version have decided toshowus the aliens rather than merely hinting at their form, like the scriptsays to do? (Hint: What did he decide to make them look like?)
6. Critical Thinking and Reading (p261): Do questions1 and 2.
7. What might the scene be like the next morning on Maple Street?
8. If you were there, what might you have done?
9. Can you think of an example of a situation (from history)similar to what happened on Maple Street?
10. What do the people of Maple Streetthink the UFO is at first?
11. Who gets them thinking it mightbe something else?
12. (3) What 3 things make the neighborssuspect Les Goodman?

   1. Les Goodmansaid he got up to look at the stars because...?
   2. What is ironicabout Charlie's statement about going back to the "dark ages"? (What hemeant vs. another meaning we could get from his statement.)
   3. (?) What doyou think Rod Serling's theme (point) is? Choose all that apply. a) Toshow that we should be scared of aliens. b) To show that we shouldn't beso suspicious of our neighbors. c) To show that we often judge people byinsignificant things. d) That fear of the unknown makes us dumb. e) Toshow that scared people in a group are even dumber.
   4. Who causedthe "power outage"?
   5. Who are the"monsters"?
     Read the narrator's last speech (p260). The next 2 questions refer to thatspeech.
   6. Name one ofthe weapons the aliens used on the people of Maple Street.
   7. What doeshe mean when he says, "and the pity of it is..."?

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