Setting: The Fun They Had

The setting of this story is

• the present

• about 50 years from now

• more than 150 years from now

The books that Margie and Tommy read are not written

• on paper

• in words

• by people

The old book Tommy finds surprises Margie because

• it is fun to read

• the pages turn themselves

• the words standstill

Margie says that she

• likes her teacher

• hates school

• loves school

Margie's teacher is

• her mother

• a college student

• a machine

Margie's teacher marks homework

• immediately

• with a funny pencil

• by sending it to the County Inspector

Margie says that a person

• makes the best teacher

• is not smart enough to be a teacher

• needs a helper to teach

Margie is surprised to learn that students in the old days

• had mechanical teachers

• enjoyed television

• went to school together

Margie thinks that one good thing about going to school together is that students could

• help each other

• do less homework

• help their teacher

At the end of the story, Margie thinks that in the old days school was

• boring

• interesting

• fun