Making Inferences in an Article about Roberto Clemente — Unit test Answers

Which detail from "Max in the Year 2300” most clearly foreshadows what Max is?

Look at the poster for the play The Golem.

Read this excerpt and look at the photo from "Max in the Year 2300."Slumping on his low couch, Max felt restless. "What shall I do today?" he thought, bored. "I suppose I could call Zara and invite her to the Walter Museum. There's an exhibit of statues and photographs, one was striking in particular.” He thought of it and visualized the image. The face seemed so familiar, like one you had seen many times before in your life, such as an image when passing in a mirror. This is what he saw.

Which excerpt from “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” reveals a change in the relationship between Lemon Brown and the neighborhood thugs?

Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. 59. CONTINUED 59. STEVE (CONT'D)(he turns to the group and shouts) And you're with him too—all of you! You're standing here all set to crucify—all set to find a scapegoat—all desperate to point some kind of a finger at a neighbor! Well now look friends, the only thing that's gonna happen is that we'll eat each other up alive—

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. STEVEThe two of us can go, Charlie.(he turns to look back at the car)It couldn’t be the meteor. A meteor couldn’t do this.He and Charlie exchange a look then they start to walk away from the group.What do the stage directions tell the reader about Steve’s and Charlie’s point of view?

Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. 58. CONTINUED 58. By this time Steve has reached the group. He stands there defiantly close to them. CHARLIEGo ahead, Steve. What kind of "radio set" you workin' on? I never seen it. Neither has anyone else. Who you talk to on that radio set? And who talks to you?

Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.52. CLOSE SHOT – GOODMAN 52.As he instinctively backs away.GOODMANShe's crazy. Look I can explain that. Please . . . I can really explain that . . . she's making it up anyway.(then he shouts,)I tell you she's making it up!Now he takes a step toward the crowd and they back away from him. He walks down the steps after them and they continue to back away. Now he's suddenly and completely left alone and he looks like a man caught in the middle of a menacing circle as we take aSLOW FADE TO BLACK:

Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.STEVE(raising his voice)There's something you can do, Charlie. You could go home and keep your mouth shut. You could quit strutting around like a self-appointed hanging judge and just climb into bed and forget it.CHARLIEYou sound real anxious to have that happen, Steve. I think we better keep our eye on you too!DON(as if he were taking the bit in his teeth, takes a hesitant step to the front)I think everything might as well come out now.(he turns toward Steve.)Your wife's done plenty of talking, Steve, about how odd you are!CHARLIE(picking this up, his eyes widening)Go ahead, tell us what she's said.58. LONG SHOT – STEVE 58.As he walks toward them from across the street.STEVEGo ahead, what's my wife said? Let's get it all out. Let's pick out every idiosyncrasy of every single man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of a kangaroo court. How about a firing squad at dawn, Charlie, so we can get rid of all the suspects. Narrow them down. Make it easier for you.DONThere's no need gettin' so upset, Steve. It's just that . . . well . . . Myra's talked about how there's been plenty of nights you spent hours down in your basement workin' on some kind of radio or something. Well, none of us have ever seen that radio—

Which excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street best reflects its theme?

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.As we hear the voices creep up from down below, small, mildly disturbed voices, highlighting these kind of phrases: VOICESElectricity's off.Phone won't work.Can't get a thing on the radio.My power motor won't move, won't work at all.Radio's gone dead!Based on the stage direction and the dialogue, what should the reader picture in this scene?

Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. As they shout, accuse, scream, interspersing with cuts of TILT SHOTS OF HOUSES as the lights go on and off and then slowly in the middle of this nightmarish morass of sight and sound the CAMERA STARTS TO PULL AWAY until once again we've reached the opening shot looking at the Maple Street sign from high above. THE CAMERA CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY. . . .

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.37. PAN SHOT – ACROSS THE STREET DOWN THE ROW OF HOUSES 37.Each is the same in general style, the front porch, the gliders, the rest of it. Then suddenly the CAMERA STOPS on the last house in the line. There's a spot light set up on the porch and even in the daylight we can see it shining.Which element of drama is highlighted in this stage direction?

Read this excerpt from The Golem.PEARLYou made this mess. The least you could do is get the water to clean it up.The golem takes a step toward her. Pearl stifles a little shriek; she is more surprised than scared.PEARLWhat's this about? What do you want?The golem stretches out his arm toward the bucket.PEARLReally? You'll get the water from the stream? . . . All right, then. But please be quick about it.The golem takes her bucket, plus another, and moves stiffly but quickly to the door and leaves. Pearl smiles.PEARLIt may not be such a bad thing to have a golem around the house after all.

Which line from "Max in the Year 2300" helps to distinguish it as a work of science fiction from a work of fantasy fiction?

Which line gives the best indication that Zara is a cat in "Max in the Year 2300”?

Read this excerpt from "Street Cleaning Day.”Then Circle rolled to the back bumper,and called to Line atop Triangle –"Line, lean downuntil one of your endsis under the car!”And Line leaned downangling one of his ends under the carand the other up toward Square.Circle scooted under the back Bumper,and called to Square. "Now when I say go,I want you to jump on Line.”

Read this excerpt from "Street Cleaning Day.”And now there was plentyof space for Square to park.Everyone stood amazedat what they’d unleashedin themselves."Thanks for making a spacefor me,” said Square."That’s what neighbors do,”said Circle.

Read the excerpt from “Street Cleaning Day.”An open space on the streetsnapped him out of his thoughtsand back to the wheel.He sped up a littleand moved close to the curb,pulling ahead of the space.Just as he shifted his carin reverse, a flashswooped in from behindand took from Squarewhat the morning had offered.

Read this excerpt from "Street Cleaning Day.”An open space on the streetsnapped him out of his thoughtsand back to the wheel.He sped up a littleand moved close to the curb,pulling ahead of the space.Just as he shifted his carin reverse, a flashswooped in from behindand took from Squarewhat the morning had offered.Out hopped Trianglefrom his truck, whistling, his pointgleaming in the sun. Square fumedand each of his cornersturned pepper red.