"All Summer in a Day"

What is the biggest difference between Margot and her classmates?

• She is a great poet and they aren't
• She doesn't have dreams and they do
• She remembers the sun and they don't
• They are older than her

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What does the following passage convey to the reader? - "A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again."

• Scientists came to Venus to study forests

• Timber is the main resource of Venus

• It has been raining for a very long time

• Rain on Venus is heavier than rain on Earth

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

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.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the quote, "They could not meet each other's glances. Their faces were solemn and pale. They looked at their hands and feet, their faces down," what emotion is the author referencing?

• fear

• disgust

• shame

• shock

The main conflict in the story is best classified as...

• man vs. man

• man vs. machine

• man vs. society

• man vs. fate