All Summer in a Day-Retake

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. 

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 dreary and gloomy.
• The sun makes the mood peaceful.
• The setting does not affect the mood.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

 What degree of importance does the setting have in the development of the plot?

• It is crucial because the weather helps create the conflict.
• It is unimportant because the story would not change if the setting were changed.
• It is somewhat important because Venus is very similar to earth.
• It is a minor detail because the setting is only important to the story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Margot’s “biggest crime” was that—

• she had come to Venus only five years before and remembered the sun
• her parents were taking her back to Earth the following year.
• she thought that she was better than the rest of the children.
• she would not play with the rest of the children.

Which detail about the story's setting leads the plot to its resolution?

• An hour passes.

• It starts raining again.

• The children go back inside.

• The children let Margot out of the closet.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

What does the following passage tell us about Margot? - She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair.

• Margot's eyes don't have any color
• Margot doesn't wear lipstick anymore
• Margot is pale and delicate
• Margot hasn't been in from the rain in years

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.

What conflict does the setting of this story create for Margot?

• She misses her old friends from Earth.

• She cannot live with her parents while she is on Venus.

• There is never enough light for her to see.

• She is depressed and alone without the sun.

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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

One of the main ideas of the story is that...

• children learn by examples, not by the book.
• people who are different often suffer at the hands of others.
• life in the future will not necessarily be better.
• most people don't appreciate the simple things in life.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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