"All Summer in a Day" Test

1. How do the other children regard Margot at the beginning of the story?

• They admire Margot for being so unique.
• They pity Margot for her sun-filled childhood.
• They are jealous of Margot for her unusual experiences.

2. Read the following lines from the text: "The rain slackened still more." (Bradbury 4). What does the word slackened mean?

• happy
• sad
• lessen

3. What does the phrase "like escaped animals from their caves" imply about the sun's impact on the children?

• The sun makes the children violent.
• The sun makes the children feel free.
• The sun turns the children against each other.

Read the following lines from the story: "'Well, don't wait around here!" cried the boy savagely. "You won't see nothing!"' (Bradbury 3). What does the word savagely mean?

• violently
• interesting
• mandatory

5. How does the vivid description of the setting impact the mood of the story?

6. Read the following excerpt: "Margot was an old photograph dusted from an album whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost." (Bradbury 2). What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• simile
• metaphor
• personification

7. What does the author's use of figurative language in question 6 reveal about Margot?

8. After locking Margot in the closet, the children are smiling about what they had done. What can be inferred from this behavior?

• The best way to get rid of a problem is to find a solution for it.
• Envy can lead to people performing horrible acts.
• Feeling sorry for yourself can lead to disastrous consequences.

9. What mood is created by the following passage: "The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress, and hear it sigh and squeak under them, resilient and alive," (Bradbury 4).

10. What is the theme of the story?