All Summer in a Day Review

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

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

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CCSS.RL.6.1

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.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What problem does the setting of this story cause Margot?

• She is miserable without the sun.
• There is never enough light for her to see.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

What changes do the children notice when they go outside?

• The immense silence and blazing blue sky.
• The whistling wind and the midnight sky.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What are the children remembering when they dream of "gold or a yellow crayon or a large coin?"

• art class
• the sun

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What can you conclude that the children forgot about while they're outside in the sunshine?

• The rain's return
• Margot's situation

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CCSS.RL.6.1

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.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What special knowledge of their situation have the children gained when they return to the school building?

• They realize how warm and bright the sunshine is.
• They realize how terrible it was to deprive Margot of the sun.
• They realize they will be punished when their trick is known.
• They realize Margot's descriptions of the sun were accurate.

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CCSS.RL.6.1