All Summer in a Day Anticipation

The children move slowly before letting Margot out of the closet because:

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

• they know they will be in trouble

• they are worried she might not be there

• they know they have done a cruel thing to her

One reason the children treat Margot badly is because she

• stays away from the jungle

• locks them in closets

• might get to return to Earth

• writes poetry about the rain

What is the best evidence for Bradbury creating a gloomy/dreary mood in "All Summer in a Day"?

• . . . and this was the schoolroom of the children. . .

• “A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again.

• "Where's the teacher?"

• . . . the sweet crystal fall of showers. . .

When do the children remember that they had locked Margot in the closet?

• when their teacher asks about Margot

• while they wait for the sun

• after the sun faded and the rain returned

• while playing outside

What detail shows that this takes place in the future?

• Margot and the other children live on Venus

• Rain falls for seven years

• Children dream of the sun

• Scientists study the sun

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.

Which detail shows that the story takes place in the future?

• Margot lives on Venus

• Scientists study the sun

• Rain fall for seven years

• Children dream of the sun

How does William show his disrespect for Margot?

• He doesn't let her play tag with the other kids

• He runs away from her and leaves her behind in the tunnel

• He shoves her and tells her the sun is not going to shine

• He won't listen while she reads her poem

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