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

STEVE
(raising his voice)
There's something you can do, Charlie. You could go home and keep your mouth shut. You could quit strutting around like a self-appointed hanging judge and just climb into bed and forget it.

CHARLIE
You sound real anxious to have that happen, Steve. I think we better keep our eye on you too!

DON
(as if he were taking the bit in his teeth, takes a hesitant step to the front)
I think everything might as well come out now.

How does Steve's attempt to reason with his neighbors affect other elements of the story?

A. The neighbors calm down and go home for a while.
B. The neighbors become suspicious of him as well.
C. The neighbors elect Steve their leader.
D. The neighbors become a wild mob.