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- 1. Multiple Choice
The story takes place in the year __________.
2156
2057
2157
1957
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who is the speaker of the line- “Today Tommy found a real book!” ?
Mrs. Jones
Margie's Grandfather
Margie
The County Inspector
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does 'real book' mean in the line,“Today
Tommy found a real book!”?
Telebook
Scripture
Printed book
Encyclopedia
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which one of these is NOT true about the real book found by Tommy?
Its pages were yellow.
The words of the book were still.
Some pages of the book were missing.
Its pages were crinkly.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who is the speaker of- “what a waste"?
Tommy
Margie
Mrs Jones
The County Inspector
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does the speaker consider 'waste' in the line “what a waste"?
Typing homework in punch code
Paying for the price of a book
Electricity consumption by telebooks
Throwing away the book after reading it
- 7. Multiple Choice
Where had Tommy found the book?
from the backyard
from the garden
from the attic
from the room of his grandfather
- 8. Multiple Choice
The book was about ___________.
future education system
robots
schools of the past
old textbooks
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why was Margie performing badly in Geography?
because the mechanical teacher was giving her tests of higher mental level.
because she did not like Geography.
because she hated the teaching method of mechanical teacher.
because Geography was a very tough subject for her.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What did the County Inspector do to help Margie?
He took the teacher away for a month.
He convinced her mother that she will work hard to improve her performance.
He replaced the mechanical teacher with another one.
He adjusted the level of the mechanical teacher to to an
average ten-year level.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Margie had to write her homework and test papers in ___________.
a digital diary.
a punch code they made her learn when she was
six years old.
the old traditional way.
None of these
- 12. Multiple Choice
What had once happened to Tommy's teacher?
He had developed a technical problem in Geography.
He was not able to assess Tommy's performance.
The History sector had blanked out completely.
The calculation in arithmetic had gone awry.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which one of these is NOT true about the old kind of teachers?
They were human beings.
They told the boys and girls things.
They gave them homework and asked them questions.
They taught the students through digital mode only.
- 14. Multiple Choice
State whether the following statement is True or False.
>In the Old kind of system the teachers didn’t live in the
house of the students. They had a special building and all the kids went there.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
State whether the following statement is True or False.
> In Margie's time, a teacher has to be adjusted to
fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that
each kid has to be taught differently.
True
False
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which one of these is the correct meaning of 'nonchalantly'?
angrily
swiftly
not showing much interest or enthusiasm; carelessly
monotonously
- 17. Multiple Choice
Why did Margie have regular days and hours for school?
She liked learning that way.
Her mother believed that little girls learned better
if they learned at regular hours.
It was the condition laid down by the teacher.
All of these
- 18. Multiple Choice
What does 'so' mean in the line "Margie did so with a sigh."?
attending the class
answering the teacher
inserting yesterday’s homework in the proper slot
going to her schoolroom
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why did Margie think old kind of schools must have been fun?
because the teachers were humans.
because all the students went to the school together laughing, playing, sharing things.
because the students learned the same things, so they could help one another with the homework.
All of these
- 20. Multiple Choice
'They' in the title 'The Fun They Had' refers to ____________.
Margie & Tommy
the students of the past
the classmates of Margie
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