All Summer in a Day Characters

Which piece of evidence best shows that Margot fought back and tried to get out of the closet?

• He gave her a shove. But she did not move; rather she let herself be moved only by himand nothing else.

• They hated her pale snow face, her waiting silence, her thinness, and her possible future.

• Then, smiling, they turned and went out and back down the tunnel, just as the teacherarrived.

• They surged about her, caught her up and bore her, protesting, and then pleading, and then crying, back into a tunnel, a room, a closet, where they slammed and locked the door.

Why are William and the children jealous of Margot?

• she is the teacher's pet

• she is a good writer

• she came from Earth and will likely return

• her family is very wealthy

What happened in the falling action of "All Summer in a Day?"

• They locked Margo in a closet

• The children played in the sun

• It had been raining for 7 years

• Margot was born on Earth

The word that best describes how Margot's classmates feel about her at the beginning of the story is-

• jealous

• friendly

• afraid

• frightened

The children move slowly and hesitate to  see Margot at the end of the story because-

• they can't bear to see her pale face again.

• 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.

The reader can infer that the children are ashamed about what they did to Margot because-

• They apologize to Margot.

• they tell their teacher what they did.

• they can't meet each other's eyes, and they hold their heads down.

• they help raise money to send Margot back to Earth.

Why does Margot remember the sun?

• She is smarter than the other children

• She is older than the other children

• She has been on Venus longer than the other children

• She saw it on Earth before moving to Venus

Margot's parents are planning to move back to Earth because ____.

• They want to make more money

• Margot is miserable on Venus

• The students in her school dislike Margot

• Margot forges what the sun looks like

When the sun comes out, Margot does not see it because ____.

• The other children lock her in the closet.

• She is being punished by the teacher.

• No one is allowed to look at the sun

• She does not want to be with the other children.

Which character in 'All Summer in a Day' is originally from Earth?

• William

• Margot

• The Teacher

• None of the above