The Fun They Had by Issac Asimov

The story takes place in the year __________.

• 2156

• 2057

• 2157

• 1957

Who is the speaker of the line- “Today Tommy found a real book!” ?

• Mrs. Jones

• Margie's Grandfather

• Margie

• The County Inspector

What does 'real book' mean in the line,“Today

Tommy found a real book!”?

• Telebook

• Scripture

• Printed book

• Encyclopedia

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who is the speaker of- “what a waste"?

• Tommy

• Margie

• Mrs Jones

• The County Inspector

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

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Where had Tommy found the book?

• from the backyard

• from the garden

• from the attic

• from the room of his grandfather

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The book was about ___________.

• future education system

• robots

• schools of the past

• old textbooks

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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.

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.