Characters
Setting
Plot
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
100
How old are the children?
nine years old
100
Where does the story take place?
The planet Venus
100
The story begins with the children being excited about something. What is it?
The sun will come out.
100

What means to look searchingly?

Peer

100

What means to move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm?

Startle 


200
Who gets locked in the closet?
Margot
200
How long has it been raining?
seven years
200
What makes Margot different from the other children?
She remembers the sun. They don't.
200

What means any violent blow?

concussion 

200

What means cover with liquid; pour liquid over?

Drench

300
Who was born on Earth?
Margot
300
Where are the children when the sun comes out?
At school
300
What does Margot compare the sun to, in her poem?
a flower
300

What means physically weak?

frail


300

What means become slow or slower?

Slacken 

400
Why do the children dislike Margot?
She has seen the sun.
400
What is the noise that the children hear constantly?
The hard rain
400
Where do the children live?
An underground city
400

What means urgently needed; absolutely necessary?

Vital

400

What does it mean to be filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise?

Stunned

500
Who dislikes Margot's poem and dislikes her?
William
500
How long does the sun stay out?
two hours
500
What games to the children play?
They played hide and seek and tag.
500

What is it when you make an educated guess based on your prior knowledge and what the author gives you?

Inference

500

What are the two conflicts? One is a struggle with an outside force. The other is a struggle within the character's mind and heart.

External and Internal

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