All Summer In A Day Question Set

Read this sentence from the passage: "A boom of thunder startled them and like leaves before a new hurricane, they tumbled upon each other and ran." What does the phrase like leaves before a new hurricane show about the children?

• They are running in different directions.

• They are gathering leaves in the wind.

• They are laughing and playing.

• They are waiting for each other.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

How does the setting change in this passage?

• It becomes cool and stormy.

• It becomes snowy and cold.

• It becomes bright and windy.

• It becomes warm and sunny.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

Which statement best summarizes the passage?

• The children excitedly prepare to go outside to play for recess.

• The children grow bored and return to their underground house.

• The children are sad then scared by the change in the weather.

• The children are upset when nighttime comes and ends their fun.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

Read this sentence from the passage: "Their faces were solemn and pale. They looked at their hands and feet, their faces down." What does the word solemn mean?

• sleepy

• wet

• serious

• young

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CCSS.L.4.4A

Read these sentences from the passage: "One of the girls said, 'Well...?' No one moved." Why do none of the children move?

• They do not believe Margot is in the locked closet.

• They are afraid to face Margot and what they did to her.

• They want their game of hide-and-seek to last longer.

• They do not think Margot deserves to be let out of the closet.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

PART A: How do the children feel in this passage?

• ashamed of their actions

• worried about the rain

• excited to see Margot

• proud of their classmates

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Which detail best supports the answer to Part A?

• "Then one of (the children) gave a little cry.

• "They glanced out at the world that was raining."

• "They could not meet each other's glances."

• "Go on," whispered the girl.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

“The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun.”  What does this simile mean?

• The children were roses.

• It compares weeds to roses.

• It shows how the students are all huddled together like roses and weeds in a garden.

• The children were looking at roses outside the windows.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

“...Then wildly, like animals escaped from their cages, they ran and ran in wild circles.  What does this simile mean?

• It means that the children are turning into animals.

• It means that the children are running around like animals that just got freed from their cages.

• It means that animals have been released on Venus.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

“...they always awoke to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon the roof, the walk, the gardens…..” 

What is the meaning of the clear bead necklaces?

• The rain drops

• A jewelry to wear around your neck

• Noises

• Dinosaurs

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1