Which of the excerpts from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street best foreshadows that the residents of Maple Street will turn against Les Goodman?

The phrase “He always was an odd ball” shows the residents already see Les Goodman as strange and different. That suspicion foreshadows their turning against him when they begin looking for someone to blame. Choice A notices that his house has lights, but B more directly reveals the distrust that will fuel their reaction.

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