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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.5

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.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

You can infer that the children feel ashamed after they come back inside because they

• have blue faces from the light
• close the door on the falling rain
• look down at their feet and hands
• are startled when they hear the thunder

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Which statement best explains how the rainy season affects Margot?

• She is pale, silent and thin.
• She likes to hide from everyone.
• Tunnels are her only comfort.
• Rain improves her poetry writing.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.W.6.9A

Which detail shows that the story takes place in the future?

• Margot lives on Venus
• Scientists study the sun
• Rain fall for seven years
• Children dream of the sun

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CCSS.RL.6.1

All of the following are examples of personification except-

• The sun came out and showed its face to the stunned world.
• The sun was like a fire in the stove.
• The jungle sighed as the warmth of the sun dried up the rain.
• The door groaned as Margot pounded with her fists.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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."

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What approximate time frame does the story take place in?

• Two hours
• One full day
• 7 years
• 2 days

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CCSS.W.6.3C

What is the best evidence for Bradbury creating a gloomy/dreary mood in the exposition of "All Summer in a Day"?

• ". . . and this was the schoolroom of the children. . . "
• “A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. "
• "Where's the teacher?"
• ". . . the sweet crystal fall of showers. . ."

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the setting of the story? 

• Venus
• A schoolroom on Venus
• A schoolroom on Jupiter
• A jungle on Venus

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CCSS.RL.6.5