All Summer in a Day

Which detail points to this story being an example of science fiction?

• It takes place on Venus

• Scientists study the sun
• Rain fall for seven years
• Children dream of the sun

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.

I think the sun is a flower. That blooms for just one hour. What figurative language was used here?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Answer explanation

Metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. It is comparing two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Why don't the other students like Margot?

• Margot picks on William.
• Margot's experiences are very different than the other students'.
• Margot thinks she is better than the others.
• Margot does not like to take showers.

Why are the kids happy to see the sun?

• Because they are used to the constant rain

• Because it snows a lot of Venus

• Because Margot compared it to a lemon

• Because they get to go to the beach

What can the reader infer from the comment Margot's classmate makes?

"It was all a joke wasn't it? Nothing's happening today, is it?"

• They don't believe the sun will come out

• They think Margot made up her poem

• They know they won't get in trouble for locking Margot in the closet

• They don't think they will be allowed to go outside

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.
• She is whispering secrets. 

Which statement implies that the children are aware of their mistake?

• "Will it be seven more years?"
• "They ran for an hour and did not stop running."
• "They could not meet each other's glances."
• "Now don't go too far..."

'A few cold drops fell on their noses and their cheeks and their mouths.'

The author uses imagery in this sentence to appeal to the reader's sense of:

• sight

• touch

• smell

• hearing

In the story, the sun is described as:

• a yellow crayon

• a coin

• a flower

• all of the above