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- 1. Multiple Choice
The setting of the story is
a space station on the moon
a lonely place on Earth
the planet Venus
a planet in a distant galaxy
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHow does the setting affect the mood in the story?The future setting makes the mood happy and optimistic.The weather on Venus makes the mood dreary and gloomy.The sun makes the mood peaceful.The setting does not affect the mood.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich detail shows that the story takes place in the future?The children live on Venus.Scientists study the sun.It has been raining for 7 years.Children dream of the sun.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat degree of importance does the setting have in the development of the plot?It is crucial because the weather helps create the conflict.It is unimportant because the story would not change if the setting were changed.It is somewhat important because Venus is very similar to earth.It is a minor detail because the setting is only important to the story
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the children waiting for as the story begins?a rainstormthe sun to shineearly dismissal from schoola snow storm
- 6. Multiple ChoiceMargot’s “biggest crime” was that—she had come to Venus only five years before and remembered the sunher parents were taking her back to Earth the following year.she thought that she was better than the rest of the children.she would not play with the rest of the children.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one reason that the children treat Margot badly?She stays away from the jungle.She locks children in closets.She writes stories about weather.She might get to go back to Earth soon.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Margot refuse to shower in the shower rooms?Water will affect her skinOther students ridicule her and single her out.She wants the others to know she is not like them.It reminds her of the constant rain she has come to hate
- 9. Multiple Choice
You can infer that Margot's parents are worried about her because they
brought her to live on Venus
spoke to the teacher about her behavior
read her poem about the sun
are considering moving back to Earth
- 10. Multiple Choice"She was an old photograph." What does the author mean by this?The author is saying Margot is actually a picture.The author is comparing Margot to an old photo because of her faded appearance.The author is comparing Margot to an old photo because she is alive and vibrant in pictures.The author believes Margot is older than she is.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceYou can infer from the children’s “solemn and pale” faces after they come in from the rain that theyare very tired from playing in the sun.feel guilty about locking Margot in a closet.are sad to return to the classroom.are upset to be all wet from the rain.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which detail about the story's setting leads the plot to its resolution?
An hour passes.
It starts raining again.
The children go back inside.
The children let Margot out of the closet.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceBradbury set this story on Venus to show that—people behave differently in a new situation.teachers do not always check carefully on their studentswaiting greatly increases the appreciation of an eventcruelty to others can happen anywhere and anytime.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich point of view is this story told from?first personsecond personthird person omniscient (all knowing)third person limited
- 15. Multiple Choice
They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus, that grew and never stopped growing, __________, even as you watched it.
tumultuously
concussion
immense
slackening
- 16. Multiple Choice
They looked at everything and _________ everything.
repercussion
immense
savored
savagely
- 17. Multiple Choice
The silence was so _________ and unbelievable that you felt your ears had been stuffed or you had lost your hearing altogether.
tumultuously
savagely
repercussion
immense
- 18. Multiple Choice
Now the rain was __________, and the children were crushed in the great thick windows.
tumultuously
slackening
savored
concussion
- 19. Multiple Choice
It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days _____________ and filled from one end to the other with rain...
concussion
compounded
repercussion
savagely
- 20. Multiple Choice
All of the blasts and ______________ 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
immense
savor
concussions
repercussions
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