"All Summer in a Day" Quiz

1. The PROTAGONIST (main character with a GOAL) is ________.

• William
• the teacher
• Margot
• the children at school

2. The protagonist is working toward a GOAL, which is ________.

• to get back inside after the rain
• to lock someone in a closet
• to see the sun again

3. The ANTAGONIST working AGAINST the main character, is ________.

• William
• the teacher
• Margot

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

4. In the EXPOSITION (beginning), we learn ______. (Check 3 boxes.)

• when/where the story takes place
• how the conflict is resolved
• who is involved in the conflict
• what the conflict is
• the overall message or lesson in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

5. In the CLIMAX, readers experience ______.

• the problem get worse and worse
• the moment that is most exciting to the characters
• how the conflict is finally solved

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

6. Check off 3 THEMES (deeper messages that readers can learn from or connect to).

• Humans tend to isolate others who are different from them.
• Following others' poor decisions can lead to regret.
• Jealousy can lead people to do harsh things to one another.
• Never give up.
• Spend more time outside in the sunshine.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read: "The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun." The sentence is an example of

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

The real reason for the children’s prejudice (unfair feeling of dislike) against Margot was:

• her foreign sounding speech
• her history and opportunities (jealousy)
• they thought she cheated on her poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.6

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 them

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

Read: "But then they always awoke to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests." The phrase clear bead necklaces is an example of

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.L.7.4A