Reading Check "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury

They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus, that grew and never stopped growing, tumultuously, even as you watched it. It was a nest of octopi, clustering up great arms of fleshlike weed, wavering, flowering in this brief spring.

What does tumultuously mean?

• flexible; springy

• in a wild or disorderly way

• in a calm manner

• to take great pleasure in

They looked at everything and savored everything.

What does savor mean?

• in a wild or disorderly way

• flexible; springy

• to hurry up

• to take great pleasure in

How long has it been raining on Venus?

• 6 years
• 7 years
• 8 years
• 11 years

Where do the children go to school while living on Venus?

• In an underground city
• In a biodome
• In a school boat that floats all around Venus
• In a protective glass bubble

What do the children do to Margot before the suns comes out?

• lock her in the cafeteria
• lock her in a car
• lock her in a closet
• take her outside to wait for the sun

How long does the sun come out every seven years?

• for one hour
• for two hours
• for three hours
• The sun doesn't come out; it was a lie Margot made up.

When the sun comes out, what does the vegetation of Venus look like?

• green vines with colorful flowers
• gray, octopus like vines with white cheese looking vegetation
• There is no vegetation.
• Purple, yellow, and orange flowers

The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress, and heard it sigh and squeak under them resilient and alive.

What does resilient mean?

• not flexible; hard

• strong; hardy; flexible

• a set of tools or instruments for a specific purpose

• in a wild or disorderly way

What does a reader learn in the exposition of "All Summer in a Day"?

• Margot is a nine year old girl living on Mars in the distant future where it rains all day.
• Margot is a 12 year old boy who is living on Venus in the past and has to wear protective space suits.
• Margot is a nine year old girl who lives on Venus in the distant future where it rains all day.
• Margot is living on Earth and her parents want to take her to Venus.

True or false:  Margot was able to see the sun because the kids got her out of the closet in time.

• True
• False