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Making Predictions in The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

Question 5 • FL-1001040-M/J Language Arts 2 B

Read the excerpt from 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.)That's right looking up at the sky as if . . . as if he were waiting for something.(a pause)As if he were looking for something.There's a murmur of reaction from the crowd again.

Answer
A
The neighbors become more sympathetic toward Les Goodman.
B
The neighbors become even more suspicious of Les Goodman.
C
The neighbors become less frightened of Les Goodman.
D
The neighbors become more protective of Les Goodman.

Explanation

Woman One says she has seen Les Goodman outside late at night, looking up at the sky as if he were waiting for or searching for something. In the tense, fearful atmosphere, this makes the neighbors interpret his behavior as suspicious rather than ordinary. Therefore, the neighbors become even more suspicious of Les Goodman.

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