"All Summer in a Day"

At the beginning of the story, the children are waiting for...

• a rainstorm
• the sunshine
• an early dismissal
• a science experiment

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which detail shows that the story takes place in the future?

• Margot lives on Venus
• Scientists study the sun
• Rain fall for seven years
• Children dream of the sun

Which of the following is true of nine year-olds  children who have spent all their lives on the planet Venus?

• The children are always cruel to  those who don't fit in.
• The children have never heard a bird sing.
• The children grow up with no real memory of sunlight.
• The children speak a different language than English.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

Why does the Bradbury write that it has been raining for "thousands upon thousands of days" and that a"a thousand forests had been crushed under the rain"?

• To show how much the children want to see the sun.
• To contrast Margot's and Williams feeling about the sun.
• To emphasize what seven years of rain must seem like.
• To express what the landscape of Venus really looks like.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.5

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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

• they can't bear to see her pale face again.
• 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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

The reader can infer that the children are ashamed about what they did to Margot because-

• They apologize to Margot.
• they tell their teacher what they did.
• they can't meet each other's eyes, and they hold their heads down.
• they help raise money to send Margot back to Earth.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

What is one reason that the children treat Margot badly?

• She stays away from the jungle.
• She locks children in closets.
• She writes stories about weather.
• She might get to go back to Earth soon. 

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Look at the sentence from the story. Which word below is a synonym (similar meaning) for frail?

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

• Smart

• Unusual

• Delicate

• Loud

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

How often does the sun come out?

• Every 7 years

• Every 7 days

• Every 7 months

• Every 7 hours