Comprehension-All Summer

The children live on Venus because

• Their parents were astronauts and have settled underground on the planet Venus.

• On Venus it rains for seven years at a time. For one or two hours every seven years, the sun comes out.

• Their parents wanted them to get a better education that was only available on Venus.

Margo is different from the other children because

• Margot arrived on Venus later than some of her classmates. Margot has never seen the sun.

• Margot arrived on Venus later than some of her classmates. Margot remembers the sun from her time on Earth.

• Margot arrived on Venus before her classmates. Margot only remembers the sun as a baby.

One boy starts an argument with Margot. The boy pushes Margot and yells at her. The boy tells Margot that the sun will not really come out. Margot feels crushed by this news. Who is the boy?

• Don

• William

• Ray

• Brad

All the children in the class were born on the planet Venus.

• True

• False

Read paragraph 9:

It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus, and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization and live out their lives.

“the children of the rocket men and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization and live out their lives.” reveals that

• “ the rocket men and women” are the people who left Earth and went to the planet Venus; their children are also affected by the planet’s constant rain.

• “ the rocket men and women”  moved to Venus because they loved rain. Their children also love the rain.

• The planet of Venus is prone to natural disasters, including tidal waves and floods.

Read Paragraph 21.

What is paragraph 21 mostly doing?

• Describes Margot is happy and calm as she stares out at the sun.

• Describes Margot staring at the other students with jealousy and hate.

• Describes Margot being isolated and staring at the pouring rain.

• Describes that Margot is annoyed with the other students that are causing trouble.

Read (paragraph 21), 

Choose the sentence that would best add further descriptive detail to the passage below (paragraph 21):

• “Smiling, she appeared as bright as the absent sun she so regularly described.”

• “Margot gazed at her fellow students with wild, menacing eyes.”

• “Haunted and silent, she stared intently into the endless pound of the downpour.”

• “As the group of children became chaotic, Margot smirked, rolled her eyes, and turned back to the window.”

The children lock Margot in a closet because

• Margot’s classmates are jealous her because she lived on Earth and has seen the sun.

• Margot’s classmates are afraid that she will hurt them when the sun comes out.

• Margot’s classmates are trying to get her to save her energy because she is weak.

What is most likely the reason that the other students are mean to Margot?

• Margot lies about her memories of the Sun, leading the other students to resent her.

• They see her as an outsider and feel bitter towards her for being different.

• Her memories of the sun make her bratty and unkind.

• She tells everyone that the sun isn’t real.

The children forget about Margot when

• The rain stops and they cannot find their teacher.

• The rain never stops and they stare outside of their classroom window.

• The rain stops. The children go outside to enjoy the sunlight. They run and play.