Question

Read the excerpt from act 1 of 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) Based on the dialogue and stage directions, what should the reader imagine in this scene?

Answer 1

Answer: A woman talking to a group of eager listeners.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Twilight Zone is a book written by Rod Sterling and illustrated by Mark Kneece and Rich Ellis. It was adapted into a television series, The Twilight Zone, while "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" is episode 22 of this show.

At the beginning of this excerpt, a woman is telling a story, but there is no evidence to whom she is talking. However, at the end of her story, there is a direction of scene "she looks around the circle of faces", which suggests that she is talking to a group of people. These people probably surrounded her, and are listening to her story.