| A | B |
|---|
| concussion | violent shaking* |
| slackening | becoming less active* |
| surged | moved in a violent swellling motion* |
| resilient | springing back into shape* |
| Venus | the setting of the story* |
| Margot | locked in a closet; does not get to see the sun* |
| William | bully who leads a groups of students against their classmate* |
| seven | the number of years before the sun will be seen again* |
| zero | the number of times most of the students have seen the sun* |
| two | the number of hours the children get to spend in the sun* |
