All Summer in a Day review

Front

How do the other students feel about Margot?

Back

They're mean to her because they are jealous.

Front

How often does the sun come out?

Back

Every 7 years

Front

What image does the author create when he describes the jungle as "a nest of octopi clustering up great arms"?

Back

The jungle is thick and the trees are wound together

Front

What is true of nine year-old children who have spent all their lives on Venus?

Back

The children grow up with no real memory of sunlight.

Front

Why do the children lock Margot in the closet?

Back

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

Front

Why does Margot not want to shower or let the water touch her head?

Back

The rain is driving her crazy

Front

Why do the children feel ashamed after they come back inside?

Back

look down at their feet and hands

Front

resilient

Back

flexible; springy

Front

Which vocabulary word would best describe the rain lessening and slowing down?

Back

slacken

Front

surged

Back

moved in a wave