All Summer In A Day

What does this sentence suggest?
"She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost."

• She is a ghost.
• She had her picture taken and placed in an album.
• She is frail.
• She is whispering secrets. 

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which line best suggests that the speaker has animosity towards Margot? 

• "But this is the day, the scientists predicted..."
• "She'd better hurry; we'll miss it!"
• "Where's the teacher?"
• "Speak when you're spoken to."

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which two words best describe Margot’s feelings about the sun?

• worrisome and dutiful 
• afraid and ashamed
• reverance and joy
• fear and loathing

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

Which statement implies that the children are aware of their mistake?

• "Will it be seven more years?"
• "They ran for an hour and did not stop running."
• "They could not meet each other's glances."
• "Now don't go too far..."

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

In this paragraph, the author includes the detail that Margot is frail to suggest that-

• She is likely to be an easy target for the other children's rage.
• She is likely to fight back against the group of children.
• She is likely to take a stand against oppressive situations. 
• She is likely to tell an adult about what is happening to her in the classroom. 

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

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.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

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.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1