All Summer In A Day

Read the following lines from the story. "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."

• happy

• sad

• weak

• strong

Read the following lines from the story.

 

"There was talk that her father and mother were taking her back to Earth next year.  It seemed vital to her that they do so, though it would mean the loss of thousands of dollars to her family."

 

In line 2, the word vital most nearly means

• important

• interesting

• optional

• harmful

How does the vivid description of the setting below impact the mood of the story? "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 there were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain."

• It creates a light-hearted mood in the story.

• It creates a pleasing mood in the story.

• It creates a hopeless mood in the story.

• It creates a harmless mood in the story.

The children have lived without the sun for 7 years, but a "boom of thunder startled them." Select the BEST answer choice to explain why they were startled.

• It makes them realize that school is almost over.

• It reminds them that they still have homework to do.

• It shocks them back to the reality of their situation that they will not see the sun for 7 more years.

• It makes them remember about Margot being locked in the closet.

After locking Margot in the closet, the children are "smiling" about what they have done. What theme can be inferred from the students "smiling?"

• Honesty can take a person far in life.

• Envy or jealousy can lead people to commit awful acts.

• Feeling sorry for yourself can lead to disastrous consequences.

• Humor can sometimes lead to a lasting friendship.

Based on the story's ending of "All Summer in a Day," you can infer that...

• The sun actually started to come out more often.

• The school continued to grow and add more students from Earth.

• Margot continued to decline and the only option was for her parents to take her back to Earth.

• Margot felt even closer to her classmates and begged her parents to stay on Venus.

How does the word choice, specifically using words like "surged," "bore," and "protesting" impact the meaning and tone of the passage?  Select the BEST  answer choice.

• It creates a light feeling that leaves the reader feeling joyful and relieved

• It shows a feeling of mob mentality and Margot is at the center of the rioting students

• it shows a feeling of dread that Margo will miss the sun

• it creates an uneasy feeling because Margot may never recover

Why do the other children dislike Margot?

• Margot's family has a lot of money, and she is able to get anything she wants.

   

• Margo is smarter than the other children and they resent her for getting better grades than them.

   

• Margot is leaving tomorrow to go to Earth and will be able to see the sun every day, which makes the other kids envy her.

   

• Margot was the only student born on Earth and she was able to see the sun everyday.  The other students are jealous because they were born on Venus.