Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. 81. EXT. FIELD – NIGHT – ANGLE SHOT LOOKING TOWARD METAL SIDE OF SPACE CRAFT 81.

Which sits shrouded in darkness. An open door throws out a beam of light from the illuminated interior. Two figures silhouetted against the bright lights appear. We get only a vague feeling of form but nothing more explicit than that.

CONTINUED

81. CONTINUED 81.

FIGURE ONE

Understand the procedure now? Just stop a few of their machines and radios and telephones and lawn mowers . . . throw them into darkness for a few hours and then you just sit back and watch the pattern.

Based on the stage directions, who does "Figure One" refer to?

Les Goodman
a policeman
an alien
Tommy

helped him out

Explanation:

81. EXT. FIELD – NIGHT – ANGLE SHOT LOOKING TOWARD METAL SIDE OF SPACE CRAFT 81.

Which sits shrouded in darkness. An open door throws out a beam of light from the illuminated interior. Two figures silhouetted against the bright lights appear. We get only a vague feeling of form but nothing more explicit than that.

CONTINUED

81. CONTINUED 81.

FIGURE ONE

Understand the procedure now? Just stop a few of their machines and radios and telephones and lawn mowers . . . throw them into darkness for a few hours and then you just sit back and watch the pattern.

Based on the stage directions, who does "Figure One" refer to?

Les Goodman

a policeman

an alien

Tommy

i would believe it would be b., the author wants to draw the reader deeper into the experience

there monkeys paw is old and they wish for being skinny, getting rich, and bring their son back.