Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. 58. CONTINUED 58.

By this time Steve has reached the group. He stands there defiantly close to them.

CHARLIE

Go ahead, Steve. What kind of "radio set" you workin' on? I never seen it. Neither has anyone else. Who you talk to on that radio set? And who talks to you?

What do the stage directions tell the reader about Steve’s response to the group’s accusations?

He is pretending to agree with the group.
He is frightened by the group’s anger.
He is not afraid to challenge the group.
He is nervous that the group knows the truth.

C - He is not afraid to challenge the group

Explanation:

(A) We know that he isn't pretending to agree with the group because that just wouldn't make sense since they are accusing him of being an alien.

(B)We know that he isn't frightened because it says that he stands there defiantly which is kind of like he is confident. The stage directions also don't show any sign of him being afraid of the group.

(C)If he is standing there defiantly, he is confident and unafraid to challenge the group because if you read the whole story/teleplay, you would know that Steve isn't an alien which means he would have nothing to hide. Therefore, there is no reason for him to be scared to challenge the group.

(D)If you read the whole story/teleplay you would know that Steve isn't an alien so number 4 wouldn't make sense because the group can't "know the truth" if there is no secret/truth.

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”

wheres the following authors?