All Summer in a Day

Why does the author write that it has been raining for "thousands upon thousands of days" and that a"a thousand forests had been crushed under the rain"?

• To show how much the children want to see the sun.
• To contrast Margot's and Williams feeling about the sun.
• To emphasize what seven years of rain must seem like.
• To express what the landscape of Venus really looks like.

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CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RI.K.8

The word that best describes how Margot's classmates feel about her at the beginning of the story is-

• jealous
• friendly
• afraid
• frightened

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CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

The children lock Margot in the closet because-

• they want Margot to think only about the rain.
• they don't want Margot to know about the warmth of the sun.
• they are worried that Margot will get sunburned.
• they are jealous of Margot for remembering what the sun is like.

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CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.SL.K.2

The reader can infer that the children are ashamed about what they did to Margot because-

• They apologize to Margot.
• they tell their teacher what they did.
• they can't meet each other's eyes, and they hold their heads down.
• they help raise money to send Margot back to Earth.

The children move slowly and hesitate to  see Margot at the end of the story because-

• they can't bear to see her pale face again.
• they know they will get in trouble now.
• they are worried that Margot may not be where they left her.
• they know they have done a cruel thing to her.

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CCSS.RL.K.1

The setting of the story-

• could have been anywhere.
• contributes to the story's main conflict
• resolves the problem in the story.
• has nothing to do with the story's problem.

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CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.5.3

What conflict does the setting of this story create for Margot?

• She misses her old friends from Earth.
• She cannot live with her parents while she is on Venus.
• There is never enough light for hr to see.
• She is depressed and alone without the sun.

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CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.5.3

Where are the children at the resolution of  the story?

• In their classroom peering out the window.
• Standing by the closet where they locked Margot.
• outside running in the sunshine.
• in the underground tunnels playing tag.

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CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.2

One of the main ideas of the story is that-

• children learn by examples, not by the book.
• people who are different often suffer at the hands of others.
• life in the future will not necessarily be better.
• most people don't appreciate the simple things in life.

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Which quote from the story is an example of a metaphor?

• "Margot stood apart from them, from thee children who could never remember a time when there wasn't rain."
• "It's like a penny," she said once, eyes closed."
• "The jungle was a nest of octopuses, clustering up great arms of weeds."
• "The rain stopped.  The sun came out."