"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury

1. What does this passage show about the change in the students' attitude?----"They stood as if someone had driven them with so many stakes into the floor. They looked at each other and then looked away...They could not meet each other's glances. Their faces were solemn and pale. They looked at their hands and feet, their faces down." (p110) a) They now feel sorry for Margot. b) They are sad about the rain starting again so soon. c) They now realize how cruel they have been. d) All of the above. e) None of the above.
2. What does the title of the story mean?  a) It all happened on a summer day. b) Since the period of sun was so short, the kids were forced to live a whole summer in a day. c) The summer seemed like it lasted only a day. d) The days are long in the summer.
3. What point is made about Margot when the story says that the rain had washed "the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair"?  a) The lack of sun is making her pale. b) She hated the rain. c) She was very sensitive to rain. d) The rain was draining the life out of her.
4. Locking Margot up is especially mean because...a) she is afraid of the dark. b) sunshine is so rare on this planet. c) she has no friends. d) she cries when she is locked up.
5. The main purpose of the story is probably...a) to provide a picture of what everyday life on Venus might be like. b) to show how weather conditions can affect your personality. c) To show how nine year old kids are. d) to show how differences can make some people a target for others.
6. Margot's background makes her feel...a) different from her classmates. b) better than her classmates. c) sympathetic toward her classmates because they haven't seen the sun. d) angry toward her classmates.
7. The main conflict of the story was...a) the kids of Venus vs. the rain and nature. b) William vs. Margot, c) The kids vs. someone different. d) Margot vs. the teacher for not helping her. e) the kids vs. themselves.
8. The first thing the kids notice as soon as the rain stops is...a) the warmth. b) the brightness. c) the mud everywhere. d) the silence.
9. Ray Bradbury compares the jungle on Venus to...a) tentacles of an octopus. b) the color of white cheese. c) the color of the moon. d) All of the above. e) None of the above.
10. When the kids open the door at the end, Margot's most likely reaction would be...a) to scream and attack William for making her miss the sun. b) To run outside into the rain. c) To sit in the corner of the closet crying. d) To yell at the teacher to punish William and the kids.