Name____________________Period_____
“All Summer in a Day” Vocabulary
Part I. Guessing
1. “It had been raining for seven years;
thousands upon thousands of days
compounded and filled from one end
to the other with rain…”
A erased
B quieted
C added
D flew
2. “…with the sweet crystal fall of
showers and the concussion of
storms so heavy they were tidal
waves come over the islands.”
A force
B surprise
C disinterest
D indifference
3. “But that was yesterday. Now, the
rain was slackening, and the children
were crushed to the great thick
windows.”
A drying
B slowing
C dying
D speeding
4. “’Well, don’t wait around here!’
cried the boy, savagely. ‘You won’t
see nothing!’”
A happily
B annoyed
C wildly
D stupidly
5. “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…”
A echoes
B consequences
C silences
D shocks
6. “The world ground to a standstill.
The silence was so immense and
unbelievable that you felt that your
ears had been stuffed or you had lost
your hearing altogether.”
A insignificant
B small
C wrong
D enormous
7. “They stopped running and stood in
the great jungle that covered Venus,
that grew and never stopped
growing, tumultuously, even as you
watched it.”
A noisily
B dreamily
C lazily
D stunningly
8. “They looked at everything and
savored everything.”
A disliked
B enjoyed
C licked
D kicked
Part II. Matching
1. compounded ____
2. concussion ____
3. slackening ____
4. savagely ____
5. repercussions ____
6. immense ____
7. tumultuously ____
8. savored ____
A a jarring or slamming
B added up
C echoing sound
D fiercely, ferociously, or cruelly
E raising a great commotion; noisy
F slowing down; becoming less intense
G to appreciate fully; enjoy
H vast; huge; great
Part III. Your own sentences
1. compounded _______________________________________________________
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2. concussion_______________________________________________________
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3. slackening_______________________________________________________
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4. savagely_______________________________________________________
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5. repercussions_______________________________________________________
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6. immense_______________________________________________________
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7. tumultuously_______________________________________________________
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8. savored_______________________________________________________
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“All Summer in a Day” Questions
1. What is the weather like on Venus? How long has it been that way?
2. Who lives on Venus?
3. When did the sun last shine?
4. What does Margot’s poem reveal about the sun?
5. How has living on Venus affected Margot?
6. What is unusual about the city’s location?
7. When was the only time Margot participated in classroom activities?
8. What is Margot’s biggest crime?
9. Why is Margot’s family considering moving back to Earth? What is keeping them from
it?
10. Why did the kids hate Margot?
11. What did the kids do to Margot?
12. What happened to the weather and how long did it last?
13. How did the geography of Venus change when the sun came out?
14. How do the children feel when they realize what they did to Margot?
Name___________________________Period_____
“All Summer In A Day” Questions
1. Read this sentence from the story.
The sentence is an example of—
A metaphor
B simile
C hyperbole
D allusion
2. The real reason for the children’s
prejudice against Margot was:
A her skin color.
B her foreign-sounding speech.
C her behavior.
D her history and opportunities
(jealousy).
E they thought she cheated on her poem.
3. Margot’s “biggest crime” was that—
A she had come to Venus only five
years before and remembered the sun.
B her parents were taking her back to
Earth the following year.
C she thought that she was better than
the rest of the children.
D she would not play with the rest of the
children.
4. Read this sentence from the story.
The phrase clear bead necklaces is an
example of—
A simile
B alliteration
C hyperbole
D metaphor
5. The children on Venus are affected by
the weather in all of the following ways
EXCEPT—
A they live in an underground city.
B they use sun lamps.
C they only saw the sun every seven
years.
D they are still allowed to play outside.
E they play in the tunnels.
6. Which of the following is NOT a simile
about the sun?
A like a blushing face
B how like a lemon it was
C it was the color of flaming bronze and
it was very large
D it’s like a penny
7. Why are the students on Venus?
A as an experiment to see the effects of
sunlight
B because their parents are rocket
people
C to get a better education
D to form a new race of people
E to wait seven years for the next Earth
shuttle
8. The arrival of the sunlight was first made
clear by—
A Margot’s muffled cries and her
beating on the door.
B The silence.
C The smell of the outside world when
the door slid back.
D The flaming bronze color and the blue
sky.
E The warmth of the sunlight.
9. Who wrote the poem, “I think the sun is
a flower/That blooms for just an hour”?
A the teacher
B the class leader
C Margot
D William
The children pressed to each
other like so many roses, so
many weeds intermixed, peering
out for a look at the hidden sun.
But then they always awoke to the
tatting drum, the endless shaking down
of clear bead necklaces upon the roof,
the walk, the gardens, the forests.
10. When the little boy pushes Margot and
asks her what she is waiting for,
Bradbury writes that “what she was
waiting for was in her eyes.” What was in
her eyes?
A longing
B hurt
C anger
D acceptance
11. When the children lock Margot in the
closet—
A it was a childish prank.
B the children intended for her to miss
the sun.
C some children protested Margot’s
treatment by the other children.
D they had NO idea what Margot would
be missing.
12. The main conflict in the story is—
A the children versus Margot (external
conflict).
B the continual rain on Venus (external
conflict).
C Margot’s mood swings (internal
conflict).
D The parents’ desire to return to Earth
(internal conflict).
13. Why is Margot going back to Ohio?
A her parents will make thousands more
dollars there
B the other children hate Margot
C Margot is depressed on Venus and her
parents are worried
D Venus will be destroyed
14. The author states, “It had been raining
for seven years,” which indicates—
A that the author is lying.
B that this is an autobiography.
C that the story is fantasy.
D that the story will have a happy
ending.
15. Although the story is set on another
planet, what is the MOST important in
making the setting familiar to its
readers?
A being in a classroom
B listening to unending rain
C waiting for a brief hour of sunlight
D having dreams about a awaited event
16. Bradbury set this story on Venus to show
that—
A people behave differently in a new
situation.
B teachers do not always check
carefully on their students.
C waiting greatly increases the
appreciation of an event.
D cruelty to others can happen anywhere
and anytime.
17. Read this sentence from the story.
The description indicates—
A Margot is undernourished.
B Margot lacks liveliness and vitality.
C Margot feels colorless.
D Margot is old for her age.
E Margot dresses in an old-fashioned
way.
18. Which point of view is this story told
from?
A first person
B second person
C third person omniscient (all knowing)
D third person limited
Margot was a very frail
girl…an old photograph dusted
from an album.
Similes and Metaphors in “All Summer in a Day”
Bradbury uses several metaphors and similes to create vivid images in his short story “All
Summer in a Day.” Your job is to locate six of these metaphors or similes. In the left column,
you will write down the metaphor or similes as it appears in the story, make sure to place
quotation marks around the passage and write page number in which it appeared. In the right
hand column you will explain what is being compared in the simile or metaphor.
Example:
“It’s like a fire, in the stove.” Pg. 159
Margot is comparing the sun to a fire
inside of a stove.
