All Summer in a Day

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

The beginning of the story takes place in a _____.

• Spaceship

• Schoolroom

• Laboratory

• Closet

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.

What kind of mood are the children in at the beginning of the story? (choose 2)

• Sad because they cannot remember the sun

• Bored because they are tired of hearing about the sun

• Afraid because they are going to see the sun

• Excited because they have been prepared for the sun

In the poem she writes, Margot compares the sun to ____.

• A flower

• A jungle

• An old photograph

• A bead necklace

What is the children's main impression when the rain first stops?

• The color of the sky

• The warmth of the sun

• The freshness of the air

• The silence of their world

The people in this future world are unable to ____. (Choose 2)

• Travel to other planets

• Build underground

• Create artificial sunshine

• Control the weather

How do Margot's classmates feel at the end of the story?

• Angry and cruel

• Joyous and forgetful

• Upset and ashamed

• Calm and peaceful

You might well feel a concussion from _____.

• A hot bath

• A spring breeze

• An earthquake.