All Summer in a Day

What degree of importance does the setting have in the development of the plot?

• It is crucial because the weather helps create the conflict.

• It is unimportant because the story would not change if the setting were changed.

• It is somewhat important because Venus is very similar to earth.

• It is a minor detail because the setting is only important to the story

What are the children waiting for as the story begins?

• a rainstorm

• the sun to shine

• early dismissal from school

• a snow storm

Margot’s “biggest crime” was that—

• she had come to Venus only five years before and remembered the sun

• her parents were taking her back to Earth the following year.

• she thought that she was better than the rest of the children.

• she would not play with the rest of the children.

What is one reason that the children treat Margot badly?

• She stays away from the jungle.

• She locks children in closets.

• She writes stories about weather.

• She might get to go back to Earth soon. 

You can infer that Margot's parents are worried about her because they

• brought her to live on Venus

• spoke to the teacher about her behavior

• read her poem about the sun

• are considering moving back to Earth

She was an old photograph. What does the author mean by this?

• The author is saying Margot is actually a picture.

• The author is comparing Margot to an old photo because of her faded appearance.

• The author is comparing Margot to an old photo because she is alive and vibrant in pictures.

• The author believes Margot is older than she is.

Which detail about the story's setting leads the plot to its resolution?

• An hour passes.

• It starts raining again.

• The children go back inside.

• The children let Margot out of the closet.

Bradbury set this story on Venus to show that— 

•  people behave differently in a new situation.

• teachers do not always check carefully on their students

• waiting greatly increases the appreciation of an event

• cruelty to others can happen anywhere and anytime. 

What is the best evidence for Bradbury creating a gloomy/dreary mood in the exposition of "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. . .

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

• jealous

• friendly

• afraid

• frightened