All Summer in a Day

"She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years."

Which word below is a synonym for frail?

• Smart

• Unusual

• Delicate

• Loud

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

How do the other students feel about Margot?

• They want to be her friend but don't know how.

• They ignore her because she is quiet.

• They're mean to her because they are jealous.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

If Margot had NOT been locked in the closet, she most likely would have been...

• angry about going outside

• happy to see the sun

• upset that her classmates don't like her

• scared of the sun

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CCSS.RL.4.1

When the sun comes out, the children

• get Margot to go play with them

• stay in the classroom and hide.

• run and play outside, in the jungle.

• cry and wait for the rain to return.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

Why do the children move slowly and hesitate to see Margot at the end of the story?

• they can't stand to see her pale face.

• they know they will get in trouble now.

• they are worried that Margot may not be where they left her.

• they know they have done a cruel thing to her.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

The children lock Margot in the closet because...

• they want Margot to think only about the rain.
• they don't want Margot to know about the warmth of the sun.
• they are worried that Margot will get sunburned.
• they are jealous of Margot for remembering what the sun is like.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.2

How does the setting affect the mood in the story?

• The future setting makes the mood happy and optimistic.

• The weather on Venus makes the mood depressing and gloomy.

• The sun makes the mood peaceful.

• The setting does not affect the mood.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What does this sentence suggest?

"She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost."

• She is a ghost.

• She had her picture taken and placed in an album.

• She is frail.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

The word that best describes how Margot's classmates feel about her at the beginning of the story is...

• jealous

• friendly

• afraid

• frightened

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

You can infer that the children feel ashamed after they come back inside because they

• have blue faces from the light
• close the door on the falling rain
• look down at their feet and hands
• are startled when they hear the thunder

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1