9. (6.5F) Which sentence from the story shows that Margie wishes she went to school when her grandfather's grandfather went to school?

Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. She was thinking about the fun they had.

“Well, I don't know what kind of school they had all that time ago.” ...“Anyway, they had a teacher.”

And the teachers were people...

11. (6.6D) Which of the following is the BEST summary of this story?

In the year 2155, Tommy finds a real book in his attic. Both he and Margie compare education in the past to their present. Margie thinks going to school in the old days with other children would be fun.

In the year 2155, Tommy finds a real book in his attic. Both he and his neighbor, Margie, discuss the idea of paper books. She can’t believe that men were smart enough to be teachers because her and Tommy have mechanical teachers. In addition, both of them learn code in order to submit their assignments.

In the year 2155, two kids compare their education to their ancestor’s education. They decide it might be fun to have a human teacher and to interact with other students as well.

In the year 2155, two kids find a real book and learn about times when students went to school. In addition, both of them learn code in order to submit their assignments. They think that kids must have loved it in the old days and had fun.

12. (6.5H) What can the reader conclude from paragraphs 15 through 27?

Teachers from the past did not enter the student's home to provide a lesson.

Men are not allowed to become teachers.

Tommy's father is not intelligent.

Schools from the past are different from Tommy and Margie's school.

13. (6.5F) Part A: Based on the details in the story, the reader can infer that Tommy and Margie are --

People who live far away from each other

14. (6.6C) Part B: What evidence from the passage best support the answer to Part A?

She said, “Where did you find it? “In my house.” He pointed without looking because he was reading. “In the attic.”

She wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book!”

So, she said to Tommy, “Why would anyone write about school?” Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes.

Tommy screamed with laughter. “You don’t know much, Margie. The teachers didn’t live in the house. They had a special building and all the kids went there.”

15. (6.9E) Part A: What point of view does the author use in this story?

Third person, as told by an observer

First person, as told by Mrs. Jones

Third person, as told by Margie

16. (6.6C) Part B: Based on the answer to Part A, the author's use of this point of view helps the reader--

know the thoughts of each character

realize the lesson of the story

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1. (6.6C) Which sentence from the story best illustrates Margie's ignorance (lack of knowledge) about schools in the past?

"She was thinking about the fun they had."

"She said, "I wouldn't want a strange man in my house to teach me.""

"She read the book over his shoulder for a while, then said, "Anyway, they had a teacher."

"This is the old kind of of school they had hundreds of years ago."

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 6 pts

2. (6.7C) The beginning of the story reveals--

books with pages were rare in the year 2155.

Tommy and Margie are brother and sister.

Margie envies the students from the past.

Tommy and Margie are curious about teacher in the old schools.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 6 pts

3. (6.5F) Read these sentences from the story: 14 So she said to Tommy, "Why would anyone write about school? 38 They learned the same things so they could help one another on the homework and talk about it. Based on these two sentences, the reader can conclude that Margie now thinks--

learning the same things as others is foolish because they all learn at a different rate

having a mechanical teacher is torture

writing about school could be a fun assignment if it was the school of the past

reading about school is interesting because of the idea of being with other kids at school.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 6 pts

4. (6.7C) Part A: How does the setting contribute to Margie's conflict in the story?

It causes her to feel isolated.

It allows her to advance her learning.

It forces her to look uninformed in front of Tommy.

It gives her an opportunity to appreciate what she has.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 6 pts

5. (6.6C) Part B: What evidence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

Margie did so with a sigh. She was thinking about the old schools… All the kids…laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the classroom…They learned the same things so they could help one another…

Tommy screamed with laughter. “You don’t know much, Margie.”

She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely.

The screen was lit up, and it said: “Today’s arithmetic lesson is on the addition of proper fractions. Please insert yesterday’s homework in the proper slot.”

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 7 pts

6. (6.2B) In paragraph 35, the bolded word nonchalantly means--

disagreeably

casually

suspiciously

curiously

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 6 pts

7. (6.5F) Why did Margie conclude schools from the past must have been fun?

The teachers were human and not as smart as machines.

She’d get to travel to a school building instead of staying in her house.

Schools from the past had real books with pages she could turn.

Students used to have the opportunity to interact with other classmates

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The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov

1. (6.6C) Which sentence from the story best illustrates Margie's ignorance (lack of knowledge) about schools in the past?

2. (6.7C) The beginning of the story reveals--

3. (6.5F) Read these sentences from the story: 14 So she said to Tommy, "Why would anyone write about school? 38 They learned the same things so they could help one another on the homework and talk about it. Based on these two sentences, the reader can conclude that Margie now thinks--

4. (6.7C) Part A: How does the setting contribute to Margie's conflict in the story?

5. (6.6C) Part B: What evidence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

6. (6.2B) In paragraph 35, the bolded word nonchalantly means--

7. (6.5F) Why did Margie conclude schools from the past must have been fun?

8. (6.2B) What does the bolded word in this sentence mean? Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes.

9. (6.5F) Which sentence from the story shows that Margie wishes she went to school when her grandfather's grandfather went to school?

10. (6.2B) The word scornful in paragraph 10 means--

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