Worksheets"The Fun They Had" by Isaac Asimov
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what year does the story take place?
a)
1999
b)
2155
c)
1951
2.
What did Tommy find?
a)
a rock
b)
a phone
c)
a book
3.
What was strange about the book?
a)
The words didn't move
b)
It was written in a foreign language
c)
It was very long
4.
How old are Margie and Tommy?
a)
Margie is 13, Tommy is 11
b)
Margie is 11, Tommy is 13
c)
Margie is 12, Tommy is 14
5.
Tommy and Margie's television screen holds 100 books
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Margie likes school.
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Not mentioned in the story.
7.
Margie's teacher is
a)
a woman
b)
a man
c)
a robot
8.
When Margie's teacher didn't seem to be helping Margie, whom did Margie's mom call?
a)
The Governor
b)
The County Inspector
c)
Mr. Innis
9.
What did the County Inspector do to the teacher?
a)
Fired the teacher
b)
Gave the teacher a "pep talk"
c)
Took the teacher apart
10.
Where did Margie put test papers and homework?
a)
In a slot
b)
On Ms. Maloney's desk
c)
In the teacher's mailbox
11.
How did Margie seem to feel about schools in the "old days"?
a)
She had no feeling about them.
b)
She thought they sounded fun
c)
She seemed to hate them.
12.
How quickly did the teacher calculate Margie's mark(s)?
a)
In a month
b)
In an hour
c)
in no time
13.
How long was Tommy's teacher once taken away for?
a)
for nearly a month
b)
for nearly an hour
c)
for nearly 3 days
14.
Where was Margie's schoolroom?
a)
about a mile from her house
b)
behind her house
c)
in her house, next to her bedroom
15.
which word refers to a room at the top part of the house under the roof?
a)
progress
b)
attic
c)
century
16.
which word means a period of one hundred years?
a)
arithmetic
b)
attic
c)
century
17.
which word means acting like you are better than others?
a)
superior
b)
progress
c)
nonchalantly
18.
which word means acting very cool, as if something is unimportant?
a)
superior
b)
dispute
c)
nonchalantly
19.
which word means moving forward, getting better?
a)
progress
b)
pronounce
c)
dispute
20.
which word means to make the sound of a word?
a)
progress
b)
pronounce
c)
adjust
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