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All Summer in a Day

After reading the story, write answers to the following questions in complete sentences. Use details (but not direct quotations) from the text to support your answers.

1.  This story opens with the question, “Ready?” What are the characters getting ready for in the story?

2.  Why is Margot’s’ reaction to the constant rain different from the reactions of the other children? In what ways does she react differently to the rain?

3.  What is the major conflict of this story, and what happens as a result of that conflict?

4.  What is the turning point of the story?

5.  The children’s feelings have changed by the time they release Margot from the closet. What accounts for this change in their attitude?