All Summer in a Day

What are the children waiting for as the story begins?

• a rainstorm

• the sun to appear

• an early dismissal

• a science experiment

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CCSS.RL.6.1

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 about the sun

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CCSS.RL.6.1

One reason the children treat Margot badly is because she

• stays away from the jungle

• locks children in closets

• writes poetry about the rain

• might get to return to Earth

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

When the sun comes out, the children

• compare it to a peny

• return to the classroom

• play in the jungle

• wait for the rainfall

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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 outside

• are ashamed of what they did to Margot

• must go back to their classroom

• are soaking wet from the rainstorm

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Which setting best describes the setting at the beginning of the story?

• an underground city on Venus

• an experimental city on Earth

• a rocket ship near Venus

• a stormy jungle on Earth

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CCSS.RL.6.5

Margot is different from the other children because she

• grows bored while waiting for the teacher

• believes that the rain will continue forever

• speaks a different language than they do

• remembers what the sun looks and feel like

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CCSS.RL.6.2

Which statement best explains how the rainy setting affects Margot?

• She is pale, silent, and thin.

• She likes to hide from everyone.

• Rain improves her poetry writing.

• Tunnels are her only comfort.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does slacken mean?

• put on

• slow down

• leave out

• catch up

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

An apparatus is a

• device used for a certain purpose

• drawing made of a path

• container used to store items

• plan made for the future

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RI.6.4