All Summer in a Day Characters

Based on what you've read in the story and using evidence of Margot's personality, how will she react when let out of the closet?

• She will yell and scream at her classmates

• She will go out and play in the rain

• She will complain to the teacher

• She will cry by herself

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If Margot had not been locked in the closet, she most likely would have been...

• angry about going outside

• happy to see the sun

• upset that her classmates don't like her

• scared of the sun

What can the reader infer from the comment Margot's classmate makes?

"It was all a joke wasn't it? Nothing's happening today, is it?"

• They don't believe the sun will come out

• They think Margot made up her poem

• They know they won't get in trouble for locking Margot in the closet

• They don't think they will be allowed to go outside

Why do the children move slowly and hesitate to see Margot at the end of the story?

• they can't stand to see her pale face.

• they know they will get in trouble now.

• they are worried that Margot may not be where they left her.

• they know they have done a cruel thing to her.

Margot “stood apart” from the other students mainly because __________.

• she is a couple of years older than the others

• she was born on Venus

• she has ventured out into the jungles of Venus with her father

• she has memories of not being in the rain

What are the children doing as "All Summer in a Day" opens?

• They are teasing Margot

• They are peering out a window

• They are pushing Margot into a closet

Which adjectives best describe Margot in the story?

• aggressive

• childish

• lonely

• foolish

Which of the following inferences about Margot is best supported by the passage below?

• Margot always receives the highest grades in her classes.

• Margot’s parents want to leave Venus, against their daughter’s wishes.

• Margot’s parents are wealthier than many of the other students’ families.

• Margot looked down on the other students because they were born on Venus.

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Which of the following inferences about Margot is best supported by the passage below (paragraph X)?

• Margot always receives the highest grades in her classes.

• Margot’s parents want to leave Venus, against their daughter’s wishes.

• Margot’s parents are wealthier than many of the other students’ families.

• Margot looked down on the other students because they were born on Venus.

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The children lock Margot in the closet because...

• they want Margot to think only about the rain.

• they don't want Margot to know about the warmth of the sun.

• they are worried that Margot will get sunburned.

• they are jealous of Margot for remembering what the sun is like.