Question

1. what happens every seven years on venus? *

a rocket ship arrives with more settlers.
all of the trees stop growing
an earthquake destroys the underground settlement.
the sun shines for an hour

1. what happens at the beginning of the story? *

the author describes the setting and introduces the characters.
it stops raining.
margot moves to venus.

Explanation:

⚡ Using what you learned: inferential comprehension and textual evidence

Step 1: Analyze Question 20

The questions refer to Ray Bradbury's short story "All Summer in a Day", which is set on the planet Venus.

In the story, Venus is described as a place of constant, non-stop rain. The text establishes that once every seven years, the rain stops and the sun comes out for just one hour.

• Option 1: A rocket ship arrives with more settlers. (Incorrect; this is not the recurring seven-year event).
• Option 2: All of the trees stop growing. (Incorrect).
• Option 3: An earthquake destroys the underground settlement. (Incorrect).
• Option 4: The sun shines for an hour. (Correct; this is the rare, highly anticipated event that happens once every seven years).

Step 2: Analyze Question 21

We need to identify what happens at the very beginning of the story.

• Option 1: The author describes the setting and introduces the characters. (Correct; the story opens with the children looking out the window, establishing the rainy setting of Venus and introducing Margot and her classmates waiting for the sun).
• Option 2: It stops raining. (Incorrect; the rain does not stop until later in the exposition/rising action of the story).
• Option 3: Margot moves to Venus. (Incorrect; Margot moved to Venus five years prior to the start of the story, which is mentioned as backstory rather than happening at the beginning of the narrative).

Answer:

• 20. The sun shines for an hour
• 21. The author describes the setting and introduces the characters.