Comprehension
Where does the story take place?
What is Venus?
What does the word vital mean in the sentence: "It was vital to let her speak"?
What is very important or necessary?
What genre is "All Summer in a Day"?
What is Science Fiction?
What is one theme of the story?
What is jealousy?
“It’s like a penny.” What is being described?
What is the sun?
Why do the children lock Margot in the closet?
What is because they were jealous and didn’t believe she remembered the sun?
Define resilient as used in the story.
What is able to recover quickly or spring back?
Who is the protagonist?
Who is Margot?
How does the story show the importance of empathy?
What is by showing how the children hurt Margot and later regret it?
Who says “Nothing’s happening today. Is it?”
Who is one of the children (showing doubt about the sun)?
What happens after the sun comes out?
What is the children run and play outside, forgetting about Margot?
What does savor mean when the children “savored the sun”?
What is to enjoy something completely?
What is the main conflict of the story?
What is Margot versus the other children (character vs. society)?
What does the story say about memory and hope?
What is Margot’s memory of the sun gives her hope, even when others doubt her?
“And then, of course, the biggest crime of all was that she had come here only five years ago from Earth…” What does this quote reveal about Margot?
What is she remembers the sun and doesn’t belong on Venus?
How long does the sun come out for every few years on Venus?
What is for about two hours every seven years?
What does tumultuously mean in the sentence: "They turned and moved slowly toward the closet where Margot was locked, and stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor"?
What is in a wild, noisy, or chaotic way?
What is the setting of the story?
What is a school on Venus where it rains constantly?
How does the theme of isolation appear in the story?
What is Margot is different from the other children and feels completely alone?
“They could not meet each other’s glances.” What does this quote show?
What is the children feel guilt and shame?
How does the story end?
What is the children silently let Margot out after realizing what they’ve done
What does concussion mean in the story’s first line: “It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days 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”?
What is a violent shaking or impact?
What literary device is used when the sun is described as “a coin large enough to buy the world”?
What is a metaphor?
How does the author use the sun as a symbol?
What is the sun symbolizes happiness, freedom, and hope?
“She was an old photograph dusted from an album…” What literary device is this and what does it suggest?
What is a metaphor; it suggests Margot is pale, forgotten, or out of place?