All Summer in a Day Test Review

1. As the story begins, the children are waiting for the...

• first solar eclipse in seven years

• arrival of the brightest comet even seen

• arrival of an artificial sun that will make Venus warm

• rain to stop for the first time in seven years

2. Which of the following is true of the nine-year-old children who have spent their lives on the planet Venus?

• the children have never heard a bird sing

• the children grow up with no memory of sunlight or blue skies

• the children speak a different language than English

3. How do the other children make Margot feel?

• wise

• intimidated (bullied)

• talented

• clumsy

4. All of the following are reasons that the children hate Margot EXCEPT...

• her family's future plans to go home to Earth

• her intelligence (how smart she is)

• her pale face

5. What two nasty things do the children do to Margot?

• They joke that the sun isn't coming out and they lock her in the closet

• They pull her hair and let her get lost in the underground tunnel

• They steal her things and chase her outside in the rain.

6. How long does the sun shine once it appears?

• all summer

• two hours

• twelve hours

• twenty-four hours

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

7. What can you conclude/infer that the children forget about while they're outside in the sunshine?

• Margot being locked in the closet

• their teacher

• the wild animals

8. What changes do the children notice when they go outside?

• the immense silence and beautiful blue sky

• the whistling wind and the stars

• the rustling of the leaves on the trees

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

9. How do we know that the children feel terrible about what they did to Margot?

• They apologize to Margot

• They tell their teacher what they did

• They can't meet each other's eyes and hold their heads down

• They help raise money to send Margot back to Earth

10. The children move slowly and hesitate to see Margot at the end of the story because...

• they know they will get in trouble now

• they are worried that she may not be where they left her

• they know they have done a cruel thing to her