All Summer in A Day

Which meaning of repercussion most closely matches its meaning in the following passage (paragraph 49)?

"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, and then, second, ripped the film from the projector and inserted in its place a beautiful tropical slide which did not move or tremor. The world ground to a standstill. The silence was so immense and unbelievable that you felt your ears had been stuffed or you had lost your hearing altogether."

• A. an effect or result of some event or action

• B. the state of being driven back by a resisting body

• C. a recoil of something after impact

• D. an echo or reverberation

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following selections best describes why the other students are mean to Margot?

• A. Margot lies about the Sun, leading the other students to dislike her.

• B. They see her as an outsider and feel annoyed towards her for being different.

• C. Her memories of the sun make her seem like a know it all and mean.

• D. She tells everyone that the sun is fake.

Which of these inferences about William is best supported by the story?

• A. William is thoughtful.

• B. He loves Venus even without the sun.

• C. William stays away from violence.

• D. He represents the children’s attitude towards Margot.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which selection best describes how the children ultimately feel about locking Margot in the closet?

• A. They don’t remember having locked Margot in the closet just hours earlier.

• B. They feel guilt for having caused her to miss the sun’s brief appearance.

• C. They think it’s best that Margot missed it, since she’d already seen the sun.

• D. They hope Margot will forgive them.

The description below (paragraph 55) adds to the development of the setting mainly by ___________.

"It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus, and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization and live out their lives."

• A. The inhabitants of Venus were all born there.

• Just like planet’s forests, Venus’ children are affected by the planet’s neverending rain.

• C. Venus has many natural disasters, including tidal waves and floods.

• D. The people living on Venus all moved to the planet because they loved rain.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3