Question

margots \biggest crime\ was that... *

• she had come to venus only five years before and remembered the sun.
• she thought that she was better than the rest of the children.
• her parents were taking her back to earth the following year.
• she would not play with the rest of the children.

Explanation:

⚡ Using what you learned: inferential comprehension and textual evidence

Step 1: Identify the source text

The question refers to Ray Bradbury's famous science fiction short story, "All Summer in a Day", which takes place on the rainy planet Venus.

Step 2: Locate the textual evidence

In the story, the narrator explicitly describes why the other children dislike and alienate Margot:

"And then, of course, the biggest crime of all was that she had come here only five years ago from Earth, and she remembered the sun and the way the sun was and the sky was when she was four in Ohio, whereas they had been on Venus all their lives..."

Step 3: Match with the correct option

The first option states: "She had come to Venus only five years before and remembered the sun." This matches the literal text and the core conflict of the story perfectly.

Answer:

She had come to Venus only five years before and remembered the sun.