This vocabulary word means to sop temporarily. It happens when someone is fighting in school.
suspended
100
How do the children communicate with the teacher in the beginning of the movie?
They talk with her through a tv monitor
100
What are the children doing at he beginning of the story?
looking out a window
100
What does the statement"You're lying, you don't remember!" lead us to believe about the children's feelings toward Margot?
They are jealous
100
What was the synonym for photograph?
picture
200
This vocabulary word means to foretell or to say what you think will happen. You do this in L.A. sometimes before you read a story.
predict
200
What does William do with his picture when Margot shows the teacher her picture.
He crumples his paper behind his back and drops it on the floor
200
When was the only time Margot would sing songs with the other children?
when they sang about the sun and summer
200
What can we infer about the children from these story details:
"They cannot look into each other's eyes."
"They look at their hands and feet."
they feel guilty
200
What was the synonym for gigantic?
huge
300
This word means to be soaked with liquid or waterlogged. This happens to you when you get caught outside during a rainstorm.
drenched
300
Why does Margot say she doesn't want to go back to Earth?
It's too crowded
300
What do the children try to convince Margot of right before they lock her in a closet?
They try to tell her that the sun coming out was only a joke
300
What can we infer about the setting from the story detail below:
"Then, wildly, like animals escaped from their caves, they ran and ran in shouting circles."
Venus is full of caves
300
What was the synonym for remembrance?
...memory
400
This word means to beg or make a sincere appeal. Margot does this in the story.
pleading
400
What girl was Margot's friend in the story?
Paula
400
What did the girl who caught the first raindrop do when she looked at the raindrop?
Cry
400
What does Margot screaming while covering her head and ears in the shower lead us to believe?
The shower reminds her of the constant rain outside.
400
What was the synonym for inserted?
put
500
This means to be weak or not strong. Margot is described as being like this in the story.
frail
500
What is the teacher's name in the movie?
Mrs. Callahan
500
Why did the Children yell "Yes" when the teacher asked them if everyone was there?
They had forgotten about Margot
500
What message can be inferred from the following passage:
"A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again."