Making Predictions in The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Question 9 • FL-1001040-M/J Language Arts 2 B
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.
Answer
A
direct characterization to show that the neighbors are turning on one other.
B
direct characterization to show that the neighbors still trust one other.
C
indirect characterization to show that the neighbors are turning on one other.
D
indirect characterization to show that the neighbors still trust one other.
Explanation
The dialogue and actions reveal the characters’ attitudes without the narrator directly describing them. Steve urges Charlie to stop accusing people, but Charlie suspects Steve, and Don adds a claim about Steve’s wife to fuel suspicion. These clues indirectly characterize the neighbors as distrustful and show them turning on one another, so the answer is “indirect characterization to show that the neighbors are turning on one another.”
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