The Fun they had

In what year is the story set?

• 2700

• 2157

• 1955

• 2020

How do readers first learn that the story is set in the future?

• TOMMY'S COMMENT ABOUT THE UTILITY OF TELEBOOKS AS COMPARED TO BOOKS PRINTED ON PAPER

• BY MARGIE'S FIRST MENTION OF HER MECHANICAL TEACHER

• BY MARGIE'S THOUGHT THAT HER GRANDFATHER'S GRANDFATHER WAS THE LAST TO USE BOOKS PRINTED ON PAPER

• BY THE DATE OF MARGIE'S DIARY ENTRY

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

How Old Is Margie?

• 11

• 15

• 24

• 4

What caused Margie to hate school even more than before?

• learning about real teachers instead of teaching machines

• doing poorly on test after test in geography

• reading an old book that Tommy has found in his attic

• having no friends in school anymore

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

What prompts Margie's mother to send for the County Inspector?

• REPEATED GEOGRAPHY TESTS WERE TOO DIFFICULT FOR MARGIE'S LEVEL.

• THE MECHANICAL TEACHER'S MATH TESTS WERE TOO DIFFICULT FOR MARGIE.

• THE MECHANICAL TEACHER COULDN'T TURN ON.

• MARGIE REFUSED TO INTERACT WITH THE MECHANICAL TEACHER.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

What description best matches the County Inspector's appearance?

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CCSS.SL.9-10.4

What two things does the County Inspector do when he arrives at Margie's house?

• HE GIVES MARGIE AN APPLE, AND THEN GIVES HER ANOTHER GEOGRAPHY TEST.

• HE SMILES AT MARGIE, AND TAKES THE MECHANICAL TEACHER AWAY.

• HE GIVES MARGIE AN APPLE, AND HE TAKES THE MECHANICAL TEACHER AWAY.

• HE GIVES MARGIE AN APPLE, AND HE TAKES THE MECHANICAL TEACHER APART.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

[Margie was scornful. "School? What's there to write about school?"]

Choose the emoji the would best describe Margie's scornful face

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which image is the closest match to Margie's mechanical teacher?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What part of the mechanical teacher does Margie hate the most?

• THE ROBOTIC TEACHER'S SIZE

• HOW QUICKLY THE TEACHER GRADES MARGIE'S HOMEWORK

• THE HOMEWORK THAT THE TEACHER ASSIGNS

• THE TEACHER'S SLOT FOR HOMEWORK AND TEST PAPERS

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3