All Summer In a Day

What quote from "All Summer in a Day" is the best evidence to show the children's frenzied excitement?

• "Do the scientists really know?"
• "They stood looking at the door. . . "
• "It's stopping, it's stopping!"
• "They turned on themselves, like a feverish wheel, all tumbling spokes."

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

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.6.5

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 William's feelings 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

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

One of the main ideas of the story is that...

• children learn by examples, not by the book.
• people who are different often suffer at the hands of others.
• life in the future will not necessarily be better.
• most people don't appreciate the simple things in life.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

This story is not plausible anymore.  Why is that?

• Kids don't like science fiction anymore.
• We know what the surface of Venus is like now.
• There are many stories that are better than this.
• No one likes female protagonists.

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CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.SL.K.2

...a coin large enough to buy the world with refers to...

• the earth
• a gold coin with high value
• an inheritance 
• the sun

Why does Margot not want to shower or let the water touch her head?

• She throws tantrums until she gets her way
• She hates to shower in public
• The rain is driving her crazy
• She doesn't care about being dirty

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

Why do the kids answer yes when they are asked if everyone is there?

• They forget Margot isn't there
• They are scared to say what they did
• They don't think they have time to wait for Margot
• They don't want Margot to see the sun

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3