All Summer in a Day
Which selection best describes how the children ultimately feel about locking Margot in the closet?
A. They don’t remember having locked Margot in the closet just hours earlier.
B. They feel guilt for having caused her to miss the sun’s brief appearance.
C. They think it’s best that Margot missed it, since she’d already seen the sun.
D. They hope Margot will forgive them.
B. They feel guilt for having caused her to miss the sun’s brief appearance.Correct. Realizing that they’d caused her to miss the sun’s only appearance for seven years, the children are struck with guilt.
Which of these inferences about William is best supported by the story?
A. William is deeply thoughtful.
B. He loves life on Venus even without the sun.
C. William shies away from violence.
D. He represents the children’s general attitude towards Margot.
D. He represents the children’s general attitude towards Margot.Correct. William is the only fellow student who gets a name, and his mix of skepticism and frustration with Margot is reflected elsewhere in the other children’s behavior.
In your own words, what is a context clue?
Possible answer: a hint in the surrounding text that can help a reader infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word, phrase, or description
What is setting?
The setting of a story is the time and place in which the events of the plot unfold.
Who was the first basketball star to appear on a box of cereal?
Michael Jordan
Which of the following selections best describes why the other students are mean to Margot?
A. Margot lies about her memories of the Sun, leading the other students to resent her.
B. They see her as an outsider and feel bitter towards her for being different.
C. Her memories of the sun make her bratty and unkind.
D. She tells everyone that the sun isn’t real.
B. They see her as an outsider and feel bitter towards her for being different.Correct. Because Margot is an outsider who has memories and opportunities the other students don’t, they develop a resentment towards her.
If someone said, "I wouldn't eat after that two-year-old if I were you, " what could you infer?
Possible answer: The two-year-old probably did something gross to the food you were about to eat or has a cold and you could catch it. Something bad will happen to you if you eat the food.
If you did not know what the word tuft meant, what meaning would be most likely, based on context clues in the passage?
When he had lifted one-third of himself clear of the ground, he stayed balancing to and fro exactly as a dandelion tuft balances in the wind, and he looked at Rikki-tikki with the wicked snake’s eyes that never change their expression, whatever the snake may be thinking of.
A. a stem
B. a root
C. a bouquet
D. a bunch or cluster of small, soft parts
D. a bunch or cluster of small, soft partsCorrect. The phrase “he stayed balancing to and fro exactly as a dandelion tuft balances in the wind” suggests that a tuft is “a bunch or cluster of small, soft parts” that can be carried away by wind.
The trouble, Brian thought, looking around, was that all he could see was grass and brush. There was nothing obvious to eat and aside from about a million birds and the beaver he hadn't seen animals to trap and cook, and even if he got one somehow he didn't have any matches so he couldn't have a fire. . .
Based on the description in paragraph 11, the reader can conclude that —
A. the story is set in a place far from water.
B. the story is set in a place that is heavily forested.
C. the story is set in a place with an obvious food source.
D. the story is set in a place covered with grass and brushland.
D. the story is set in a place covered with grass and brushland.
All Brian sees is grass and brushland.
Staring at this Greek mythology character would turn people into stone. What is her name?
Medusa
What mainly does the following passage from “All Summer in a Day” reveal about the inhabitants of Venus (paragraph 9)?
It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus, and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization and live out their lives.
A. The inhabitants of Venus were all born there.
B. Much like the planet’s forests, Venus’ schoolchildren have been affected by the planet’s constant rain.
C. Venus is prone to natural disasters, including tidal waves and floods.D. The inhabitants of Venus all moved to the planet because they loved rain.
BMuch like the planet’s forests, Venus’ schoolchildren have been affected by the planet’s constant rain.
The forests have “grown up a thousand times to be crushed again,” and the next sentence implies that this may be the fate of the rocket people’s children, as “this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus.”
If someone said the following quote, what could you infer?
"If she died, I wouldn’t go to her funeral."
Possible answer: You do not like that person
"Darzee and his wife only cowered down in the nest without answering, for from the thick grass at the foot of the bush there came a low hiss—a horrid cold sound that made Rikki-tikki jump back two clear feet."
What textual evidence suggests that the word cowered means “bent one’s body out of fear”?
A. … down in the nest without answering.
B. … jump back two clear feet.
C. … stayed balancing to and fro ...
D. … that never change their expression ...
A. … down in the nest without answering.Correct. This describes Darzee and his wife’s reaction.
11 The trouble, Brian thought, looking around, was that all he could see was grass and brush. There was nothing obvious to eat and aside from about a million birds and the beaver he hadn't seen animals to trap and cook, and even if he got one somehow he didn't have any matches so he couldn't have a fire. . .
12 Nothing.
13 It kept coming back to that. He had nothing.
14 Well, almost nothing. As a matter of fact, he thought, I don't know what I've got or haven't got. Maybe I should try and figure out just how I stand. It will give me something to do—keep me from thinking of food. Until they come to find me.
15 Brian had once had an English teacher, a guy named Perpich, who was always talking about being positive, thinking positive, staying on top of things. That's how Perpich had put it—stay positive and stay on top of things. Brian thought of him now—wondered how to stay positive and stay on top of this. All Perpich would say is that I have to get motivated. He was always telling kids to get motivated.
The description of Brian’s thoughts in paragraphs 11–15 indicates that he feels —
A. unsure.
B. positive.
C. motivated.
D. resourceful.
A. unsure.Correct. Brian shifts from thinking he has nothing to being unsure of what he has.
What was the first early outdoor hockey puck made out of?
Early outdoor hockey games made pucks out of frozen cow dung.
The description below (paragraph 55) adds to the development of the setting mainly by .
It was the color of stones and white cheeses and ink, and it was the color of the moon.
A. suggesting that the planet Earth and Venus are alike in terms of atmosphere and land
B. describing things that could not be found on Venus
C. explaining what is produced on the planet using provisions from the jungle.
D. using imagery to depict Venus as black, white and gray
D. using imagery to depict Venus as black, white and gray
Margot is described as a nearly colorless “faded photograph” in the absence of the sun, and each of these objects suggest a jungle also decidedly lacking in color and vibrancy.
What can you infer from the following quote?
“We were standing by the boarded-up windows of what had once been the greatest diner in Brooklyn.”
A. The diner is boarded up because it has gone out of business.
B. The narrator has spent a lot of time in the diner.
C. The narrator is a fan of Addie’s cooking.
A
Which meaning of repercussion most closely matches its meaning in the following passage (paragraph 49)?
It was as if, in the midst of a film concerning an avalanche, a tornado, a hurricane, a volcanic eruption, something had, first, gone wrong with the sound apparatus, thus muffling and finally cutting off all noise, all of the blasts and repercussions and thunders, and then, second, ripped the film from the projector and inserted in its place a beautiful tropical slide which did not move or tremor. The world ground to a standstill. The silence was so immense and unbelievable that you felt your ears had been stuffed or you had lost your hearing altogether.
A. noun | an effect or result of some event or action
B. noun | the state of being driven back by a resisting body
C. noun | a recoil of something after impact
D. noun | an echo or reverberation
D. noun | an echo or reverberationCorrect. The word in this context is referring to a noise like an echo.
At first there was a terror in the joy. The wide vacancy of the air dazed them,—a glance downward made their brains reel. But when a great wind filled their wings, and Icarus felt himself sustained, like a halcyon-bird in the hollow of a wave, like a child uplifted by his mother, he forgot everything in the world but joy. He forgot Crete and the other islands that he had passed over: he saw but vaguely that winged thing in the distance before him that was his father Daedalus. He longed for one draught of flight to quench the thirst of his captivity: he stretched out his arms to the sky and made towards the highest heavens.
The setting of paragraph 8 affects the characters by —
A. making the characters feel excited to be home.
B. making the characters feel terrified from the great height.
C. making the characters feel bitter for being imprisoned for so long.
D. making the characters feel shock and joy from the wide-open sky.
D. making the characters feel shock and joy from the wide-open sky.Correct. They feel terror and joy.
What does the acronym "smh" stand for?
Shaking my head
Choose the sentence that would best add further descriptive detail to the passage below (paragraph 21).
They turned on themselves, like a feverish wheel, all tumbling spokes. Margot stood alone. She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair. She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost. Now she stood, separate, staring at the rain and the loud wet world beyond the huge glass.
A. “Smiling, she appeared as bright as the absent sun she so regularly described.”
B. “Margot gazed at her fellow students with wild, menacing eyes.”
C. “Haunted and silent, she stared intently into the endless pound of the downpour.”
D. “As the group of children became chaotic, Margot smirked, rolled her eyes, and turned back to the window.”
C. “Haunted and silent, she stared intently into the endless pound of the downpour.”Correct. This sentence conveys Margot’s soft-spoken, detached personality, as well as her desperation to see the sun again.
What can you infer if from the following quote?
"No, Honey, I don’t want you to spend a lot of money on my birthday present. Just having you for a husband is the only gift I need. In fact, I’ll just drive my old rusty bucket of bolts down to the mall and buy myself a little present. And if the poor old car doesn't break down, I’ll be back soon."
The wife is hinting to her husband that she wants him to buy her a new car for her birthday.
No doubt I now grew very pale;—but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased—and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound—much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I gasped for breath—and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly—more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations, but the noise steadily increased.
Based on context clues in the passage, what is most likely the meaning of the word vehemently?
A. at a high volume
B. with a lot of passion
C. in a flat monotone
D. sounding muffled
B. with a lot of passionCorrect. The speaker “gasped” and “talked more quickly,” suggesting that he is becoming more emotional and passionate.
Which of the following details BEST supports that the setting makes the characters feel shock and joy from the wide-open sky.
A. At first there was a terror in the joy. The wide vacancy of the air dazed them.
B. At first there was a terror in the joy . . . he forgot everything in the world but joy.
C. . . . he forgot everything in the world but joy . . . he saw but vaguely that winged thing in the distance
D. He longed for one draught of flight to quench the thirst of his captivity.
B. At first there was a terror in the joy . . . he forgot everything in the world but joy.Correct. They feel some fear but also joy.
Which Avenger other than Captain America was able to pick up Thor's Mjolnir in the Marvel movies?
Vision