All Summer in a Day

What does this sentence suggest?
"She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost."

• She is a ghost.
• She had her picture taken and placed in an album.
• She is frail.
• She is whispering secrets. 

Read this sentence from the passage.

“A boom of thunder startled them and like leaves before a new hurricane, they tumbled upon each other and ran.”

What does the phrase like leaves before a new hurricane show about the children?

• They are running in different directions.

• They are gathering leaves in the wind.

• They are laughing and playing.

• They are waiting for each other.

What is the biggest difference between Margot and her classmates?

• She is a great poet and they aren't
• She doesn't have dreams and they do
• She remembers the sun and they don't
• They are older than her

What does the following passage convey to the reader? - A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again.

• Scientists came to Venus to study forests
• Timber is the main resource of Venus
• It has been raining for a very long time
• Rain on Venus is heavier than rain on Earth

On page 1, how many years upon years has been raining for on the planet Venus?

• 8 years

• 7 years

• 9 years

• 4 years

On page 2, what is Margot comparing the sun to in her poem?

• A tree

• A plant

• A flower

• A light

On page 5, what did Margot do when she was put in the closet?

• Scream

• Throw herself against the door

• Sat silently

• Cried loudly

On page 8, what feeling did you get at the story? What evidence in the story proves this?

Which detail shows that the story takes place in the future?

• The children live on Venus.
• Scientists study the sun. 
• It has been raining for 7 years. 
• Children dream of the sun. 

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.