Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. STEVE

Go ahead, what's my wife said? Let's get it all out. Let's pick out every idiosyncrasy of every single man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of a kangaroo court. How about a firing squad at dawn, Charlie, so we can get rid of all the suspects. Narrow them down. Make it easier for you.

DON

There's no need gettin' so upset, Steve. It's just that . . . well . . . Myra's talked about how there's been plenty of nights you spent hours down in your basement workin' on some kind of radio or something. Well, none of us have ever seen that radio—

The foreshadowing in this excerpt suggests that

Steve’s radio will be used later in the narrative.
the tension on the street will steadily increase.
Myra is really an alien invader in disguise.
Les Goodman will save the street from the aliens.