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All Summer in A Day Quiz

This document contains 16 multiple choice questions about the short story "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury. The questions test the reader's comprehension of key details about the story, including: why the other students don't like Margot, how Bradbury creates mood in the story, how the rainy season affects Margot, and the central ideas of the story. The questions cover elements of the plot, characters, setting, and themes in the short story.

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All Summer in A Day Quiz

This document contains 16 multiple choice questions about the short story "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury. The questions test the reader's comprehension of key details about the story, including: why the other students don't like Margot, how Bradbury creates mood in the story, how the rainy season affects Margot, and the central ideas of the story. The questions cover elements of the plot, characters, setting, and themes in the short story.

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“All Summer In A Day” By: Ray Bradbury Quiz

Question #1
Why don't the other students like Margot?
A) Margot picks on William.
B) Margot is very different from the other students.
C) Margot thinks she is better than others.
D) Margot does not like to take showers.

Question #2
What is the best evidence for Bradbury creating a gloomy/dreary mood in "All Summer in a
Day"?
A) “... and this was the school room of the children…”
B) “ A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times
to be crushed again…
C) "Where's the teacher?"
D) ". . . the sweet crystal fall of showers. . ."

Question #3
What does the following evidence suggest about Margot from "All Summer in a Day"?

"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."

A) Margot has been out in the rain for years.


B) Margot is pale and a weak girl.
C) Margot's eyes have no color.
D) Margot no longer wears lipstick.
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Question #4
The children move slowly and hesitate to see Margot at the end of the story because....
A) they know they will get in trouble now.
B) They are worried that Margot may not be where they left her.
C) They know they have done a cruel thing to her.

Question #5
Which detail shows that the story is a science fiction?
A) Margot lives on Venus.
B) Scientists study the sun.
C) Rain falls for seven years.
D) Children dream of the sun.

Question #6
Which statement best explains how the rainy season affects Margot?
A) She is pale, silent, and thin.
B) She likes to hide from everyone.
C) Tunnels are her only comfort.
D) Rain improves her poetry writing.

Question #7
You can infer that the children feel ashamed after they come back inside because they…

A) have blue faces from the light.


B) close the door on the falling rain.
C) look down at their feet and hands.
D) are startled when they hear the thunder.

Question #8
One reason the children treat Margot badly is because she...
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A) stays away from the jungle.
B) locks children in closets.
C) writes poetry about the rain.
D) might get to return to Earth.

Question #9
The children are looking through the window because...
A) people in rockets will be flying near.
B) The constant rainfall is so unusual.
C) They are waiting for the sun to come out.
D) scientists are outside performing experiments.

Question #10
The children lock Margot in the closet because...
A) They want Margot to think only about the rain.
B) they don't want Margot to know about the warmth of the sun.
C) They are worried that Margot will get sunburned.
D) they are jealous of Margot for remembering what the sun is like.

Question #11
One of the main ideas of the story is that…
A) children learn by examples, not by the book.
B) people who are different often get bullied
C) life in the future will not necessarily be better.
D) Most people don't appreciate the simple things in life.

Question #12
Which line from Ray Bradbury's story uses a simile?
A) “I think the sun is a flower”
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“All Summer In A Day” By: Ray Bradbury Quiz


B) “‘It’s round like a penny,” she said once, eyes closed.”
C) “A boom of thunder frightened them, and they ran.”
D) “The sky suddenly darkened into midnight.”

Question #13
What happens every seven years on Venus?
A) A rocket ship arrives with more settlers.
B) The sun shines for an hour.
C) All of the trees stop growing.
D) An earthquake destroys the underground settlement.

Question #14
William is the protagonist because he always tries to help Margot.
A) True
B) False

Question #15
What happens at the beginning of the story?
A) It stops raining.
B) Margot moves to Venus.
C) The author describes the setting and introduces the characters.

Question #16
The type of conflict that is most important to this story is…
A) character vs. character
B) character vs. self
C) character vs. technology
D) there is no conflict in a story

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