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.

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

• jealous

• friendly

• afraid

• frightened

Tags

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.2

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.W.6.9A

Something that is immense is

• clear
• wrong
• soft
• huge

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

You can infer from the children's "solemn and pale" faces after they come in from the rain that they...

• feel tired from playing
• are ashamed of what they did to Margot
• must go back to their classroom
• are soaking wet from the rainstorm

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

All of the following are examples of personifications 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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5