All Summer in Day- Long Answer Type, Class- IX

ALL SUMMER IN A DAY

Ray Bradbury

LONG ANSWER TYPE: MARKS 2

1.      Why were the children eager to see the sun?

Ans. The sun was rising after seven years. The children would experience it for the first time after becoming old enough to understand. So, they were eager to see it.

2.      What did the children do immediately after the rain stopped?

Ans. The children put their hands to their ears immediately after the rain stopped. They stood apart. They slid the door back and felt the silence.

3.      Why do you think that the children were feeling unhappy when it started raining again?

Ans. When it started to rain again the children felt unhappy because now the sun would vanish. It would appear again after seven long years.

4.      What were the children doing in the classroom before sunrise?

Ans. The children in the classroom were chattering. They were pressing to each other like roses. They peered out of the window to look at the hidden sun.

5.      What happened on Venus when the rain stopped?

Ans. When the rain stopped on Venus, there were no motion or tremor. It was only peace. It was as if, a hurricane had lost its sound.

6.      What did the children do in the jungle?

Ans. The children lay out laughing on the jungle mattress. They ran among the trees. They ran among the trees. They slipped and fell. They pushed each other and played hide and seek.

7.      How did the absence of the sun affect the jungle in Venus?

Ans. In Venus, the jungle lost its green due to the long absence of the sun. so, it developed the dull colour of rubber, ash and ink.

8.      How was the season of summer in Venus?

Ans. Summer would visit Venus every seven years. It would last there for an hour only. It would make the planet a blessed sea of no sound.

9.      What did the children do immediately after the sunrise?

Ans. Immediately after the sunrise, the children were released from their spell. They rushed out, yelling, into the summertime to enjoy the sunlight fully.

Rupeshbabu/IX/ENG

All Summer in a Day- Short Answer Type, Class- IX

ALL SUMMER IN A DAY

Ray Bradbury

Short Answer Type Questions: Mark 1

1.      How did the heavy storms affect the islands of Venus?

Ans. Heavy storms caused tidal waves to crash against the islands.

2.      What did the children play?

Ans. The children played hide and sick.

3.      Where did the children play?

Ans. The children played among the trees in the jungle of Venus.

4.      How did the jungle of Venus look?

Ans. The jungle of Venus looked like the colour of rubber, ash and ink.

5.      When the sun rose for the last time how old were the children?

Ans. When the sun rose for the last time in Venus, the children were of two years.

6.      When the sun came out, how was the sun look of it?

Ans. The sun was then of flaming bronze in colour and very large in size.

7.      In the midst of the running, what for did a girl wail?

Ans. The little girl wailed because she found a large raindrop on her palm.

8.      When did the children of Venus listen to the silence?

Ans. With the sunrise, the children of Venus ran to the jungle. There they listen to the silence.

9.      What did the teacher advise the children of the Venus?

Ans. The teacher advised the children not to go far because they had only an hour.

10.  When did the children sing of summer and the sun?

Ans. On the eve of the sunrise, the children sang of summer and the sun on the previous day before the sunrise.

11.  Why could children not recall the previous sunrise?

Ans. The previous sunrise occurred when the children were very young. So the could not recall the previous sunrise.

12.  When did the world come to a standstill?

Ans. When the rain stopped and a spell of peace and silence fell, the world came to a standstill.

Rupeshbabu/IX/ENG

All Summer in a Day (Multiple Choice Question & Answer)- Class- IX

ALL SUMMER IN A DAY

Ray Bradbury

Multiple Choice Questions: Mark- 1

1.      Men and women came from the earth to Venus by-

Ans. Rockets

2.      The children learned that the sun was like a-

Ans. Lemon

3.      The children had long forgotten the colour of the-

Ans. Sun

4.      When the children felt warm in the sun they took off their-

Ans. Jackets

5.      The children came to know that the sun would come out after-

Ans. Seven years

6.      In Venus thousands of forest were crushed because of-

Ans. Rain

7.      The children were in the-

Ans. Schoolroom

8.      The children are compared to-

Ans. Roses

9.      All the children were of the age of-

Ans. Nine years

10.  On Venus they would get sunlight for the time of-

Ans. An hour

11.  ‘All Summer in a Day’ is a type of-

Ans. Science fiction

12.  The children first saw the sun when they were of-

Ans. Two years old

13.  The children wrote stories, essays and poems on-

Ans. The sun

14.  The sun had the colour of-

Ans. Flaming bronze

15.  The jungle had the colour of-

Ans. Rubber, ash and ink

Rupeshbabu/IX/ENG

Study Material of Class IX

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A Day In A Zoo/ Part-1

A DAY IN THE ZOO

Multiple Choice Type Question

1.     The average day in a zoo begins just before-

a] dawn

2.     The birds searching the dewy grass on the lawn were-

a] peahens

3.     Stephen with a broom in his hand was guarding over the-

a] apes

4.     The name of the black Celebes ape was-

a] Etam

5.     The reptiles dozed in the temperature of-

a] Eighty degrees

6.     The authority was in duty in the zoo for-

a] 24 hours a day

7.     In the very morning first of all the song that was heard was of-

a] a robin

8.     Gorilla’s cages were cleaned by-

a] Mike and Jeremy

9.     The zoo gates opened for the visitors-

a] ten o’clock

10.            Cries of the touracos is-

a] hoarse

11.            The zoo staff arrives at-

a] eight o’clock

12.            In the zoo, a cacophony was made by-

a] parrots and parakeets