Question

Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.As we hear the voices creep up from down below, small, mildly disturbed voices, highlighting these kind of phrases: VOICESElectricity's off.Phone won't work.Can't get a thing on the radio.My power motor won't move, won't work at all.Radio's gone dead!Based on the stage direction and the dialogue, what should the reader picture in this scene?

Answer 1

Answer:

A group of people murmuring as they react to the blackout.

Explanation:

In the excerpt from "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," the stage directions and the dialogue indicate that Maple Street neighbors complain about how power goes off which also affects phones, radios and motors. In fact, this occurs after they see a light falling in the sky and a hear an explosion, which the people take for granted as a meteor.