All Summer In A Day (Quiz)

What are the children waiting for as the story begins? (Read each of the following questions. Then choose the letter of the best answer.)

• a rainstorm

• the sunshine

• an early dismissal

• a science experiment

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which detail shows that the story takes place in the future? (Read each of the following questions. Then choose the letter of the best answer.)

• Margot lives on Venus.

• Scientists study the sun.

• Rain falls for seven years.

• Children dream about the sun.

One reason the children treat Margot badly is because she (Read each of the following questions. Then choose the letter of the best answer.)

• stays away from the jungle

• locks children in closets

• writes poetry about the rain

• might get to return to Earth

When the sun comes out, the children (Read each of the following questions. Then choose the letter of the best answer.)

• compare it to a penny

• return to the classroom

• play in the pale jungle

• wait for the rainfall

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

You can infer from the children’s “solemn and pale” faces after they come in from the rain that they (Read each of the following questions. Then choose the letter of the best answer.)

• feel tired from playing outside

• are ashamed of what they did to Margot

• must go back to their classroom

• are soaking wet from the rainstorm

What does slacken mean? (Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word.)

• put on

• slow down

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Something that is immense is

• clear

• wrong

• soft

• huge

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Savor means to

• stop fights with

• keep possession of

• take pleasure in

• cause pain to

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does tumultuously mean?

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4