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Neighbors: Visualizing in The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

Question 1 • FL-1001040-M/J Language Arts 2 B

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. WOMAN ONE(a little reluctantly)Well . . . sometimes I go to bed late at night. A couple of times . . . a couple of times I'd come out on the porch and I'd see Mr. Goodman here in the wee hours of the morning standing out in front of his house . . . looking up at the sky.(she looks around the circle of faces)Based on the dialogue and stage directions, what should the reader imagine in this scene?

Answer
A
a woman talking to herself about something she saw
B
a woman talking to a group of eager listeners
C
a crowd of people discussing a woman’s story
D
a man listening to a woman tell a story
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