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| What effect does suspense have on a reader? | It creates uncertainty, anxiety, and a desire to find out more. |
| What is foreshadowing? | the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story |
| What did the residents do at the end of the story? | Turned on each other. |
| What event happened that created a problem? | Les Goodman's car suddenly started up. |
| At the first of the story how do the residents act towards one another? | Friendly |
| What are complications? | things in the story that make it hard for the characters to get what they want. |
| What is the real monster in the story? | the fear and prejudice of human minds |
| Why does Charlie shoot Pete Van Horn? | He sees a dark figure approaching and thinks it is the monster. |
| Which statement best describes the mob scene? | Individual voices are drowned out, and fear and anger take over. |
| Why did the writer make the story occur on Maple Street U.S.A.? | The setting suggest that the events could happen anywhere. |
| These events made the residents nervous. | the mower stops working, something flies overhead, and Mrs. Brand's stove stops working |
| Whom is Tommy reffering to when he says' "They dont want you to." | the aliens from outer space |
| Why do the residents start to believe Tommy's story? | Their fear overtakes their good sense. |
