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Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.

DON
(picking up the cue)

Sure. That's the kind of thing – like sun spots. They raise cane with radio reception all over the world. And this thing being so close – why there's no telling the sort of stuff it can do.

(he wets his lips, smiles nervously)

Go ahead, Charlie. You and Steve go into town and see if that isn't what's causing it all.

What do the stage directions tell the reader about Don’s feelings?

1. He feels threatened by Steve and Charlie.
2. He may be more worried about the flash than he is admitting.
3. He is confident about the cause of the power outage.
4. He knows that Tommy is right but is keeping his feelings a secret.

After reading the excerpt from "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," we can say that the stage directions tell readers the following about Don:

2. he may be more worried about the flash than he is admitting.

What happens in "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"?

In this episode of "The Twilight Zone," a sudden power outage on Maple Street has neighbors worrying. Things get worse when Tommy begins to say that it was caused by aliens, that the flash they saw in the sky was their spaceship.

How is Don feeling in the excerpt?

Don's words try to convey calm and confidence. However, the stage directions show the opposite. He is nervously smiling and wetting his lips, which shows that he is actually more worried about the flash than he is admitting.

As a matter of fact, the neighbors will end up turning against each other, accusing each other of being an alien in disguise.

With the information above in mind, we can choose number 2 as the correct option.

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