Making Predictions in The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Question 8 • FL-1001040-M/J Language Arts 2 B
Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.DONAnd [Les Goodman] never did come out to look at that thing that flew overhead. He wasn't even interested.(he turns to the faces in the group, his face taut and serious.)Why? Why didn't he come out with the rest of us to look?CHARLIEHe always was an odd ball. Him and his whole family. Real odd ball.
Answer
A
Don is very fond of Les Goodman.
B
Don is an alien from outer space.
C
Don is suspicious of Les Goodman.
D
Don is a patient and thoughtful man.
Explanation
Don points out that Les Goodman did not come outside to watch the object in the sky, then asks the group why he stayed in. This shows Don is suspicious of Les; the excerpt does not suggest that Don is fond of him or that Don himself is an alien.
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