All Summer in a Day

"It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain..."

What is the meaning of compounded?

• erased

• quieted

• added

• flew

"...with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands."

What is the meaning of concussion?

• force

• surprise

• disinterest

• indifference

"But that was yesterday. Now, the rain was slackening, and the children were crushed to the great thick windows."

What is the meaning of slackening?

• drying

• slowing

• dying

• speeding

" 'Well, don't wait around here!' cried the boy, savagely. 'You won't see nothing!' "

What is the meaning of savagely?

• happily

• annoyed

• wildly

• stupidly

"It was as if, in the midst of a film concerning an avalanche, a tornado, a hurricane, a volcanic eruption, something had, first, gone wrong with the sound apparatus, thus muffling and finally cutting off all noise, all of the blasts and repercussions and thunders..."

What is the meaning of repercussions?

• echoes

• consequences

• silences

• shocks

"The world ground to a standstill. The silence was so immense and unbelievable that you felt that your ears had been stuffed or you had lost your hearing altogether."

What is the meaning of immense?

• insignificant

• small

• wrong

• enormous

"They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus, that grew and never stopped growing, tumultuously even as you watched it."

What is the meaning of tumultuously?

• noisily

• dreamily

• lazily

• stunningly

"They looked at everything and savored everything."

What is the meaning of savored?

• disliked

• enjoyed

• licked

• kicked

"The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun."

The sentence is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteraton

The real reason for the children's prejudice against Margot was:

• her skin color.

• her foreign-sounding speech.

• her history and opportunities. (jealousy)

• they thought she cheated on her poem.