Question

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. How does Woman One's claim about Les Goodman affect other elements in the story? 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.

Answer 1

Woman One's claim about Les Goodman affects other elements in the story because:

b. The neighbors become even more suspicious of Les Goodman.

Step-by-step explanation:

Written by Rod Serling, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street wasan episode of the first season of the famous series The Twilight Zone.

After something that initially appears to be a meteor flashes by, the residents of Maple Street realize they have no electricity and that even their cars are not working. One boy, Tommy, plants the seed of a suspicion in everyone by claiming this is probably the result of an alien invasion. He even mentions that the aliens might very well be disguised as humans and living in that very street.

Neighbors begin to suspect Les Goodman when his car engine starts on its own all of a sudden. To make matters worse, as we can see in the excerpt, Woman One claims to have seen him staring at the sky at a strange hour, as if he was looking for something. That obviously makes the neighbors even more suspicious that Les might be one of the aliens.