All Summer in a Day Comprehension and Vocabulary

At the beginning of the story, the children are waiting for...

• a rainstorm

• the sunshine

• an early dismissal

• a science experiment

Which of the following is true of nine year-olds children who have spent all their lives on the planet Venus?

• The children are always cruel to those who don't fit in.

• The children have never heard a bird sing.

• The children grow up with no real memory of sunlight.

• The children speak a different language than English.

Why does the author write that it has been raining for "thousands upon thousands of days" and that a"a thousand forests had been crushed under the rain"?

• To show how much the children want to see the sun.
• To contrast Margot's and Williams feeling about the sun.
• To emphasize what seven years of rain must seem like.
• To express what the landscape of Venus really looks like.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

An apparatus is a

• device used for a certain purpose
• drawing made of a path
• container used to store items
• plan made for the future

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Something that is immense is

• clear
• wrong
• soft
• huge

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does tumultuously mean?

• wildly
• rudely
• heavily
• easily

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Savor means

• stop fights with
• keep possession of
• take pleasure in
• cause pain to

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4