1. The Fun They Had (Issac Asimov)
1. Who is the writer of the lesson ‘The Fun
They Had’?
Ans. Issac Asimov
2. The Fun They Had’ is a story related to
…
Ans. 22nd century
3. Who found a real book?
Ans. Tommy
4. Where did Tommy find the real book?
Ans. In the attic of his house
5. How old was Tommy?
Ans. Thirteen years
6. How old was Margie?
Ans. Eleven years old
7. Who was Mrs. Jones?
Ans. Margie’s mother
8. What did Margie hate?
Ans. To her school
9. Where was Margie’s school room?
Ans. Next to her bedroom
10. How many books do their television
screens have?
Ans. It had million of books
11. When had Margie learnt to write her answers in a punch code?
Ans. When she was six years old
12. What did Margie write in her diary?
Ans. That Margie had found a real book
13. What was Margie's opinion about school ?
Ans. She hated school
14. Who had read a real book?
Ans. Margie's grandfather's grandfather
15. Which funny thing did Tommy and Margie find in the book?
Ans. The words stood still in the book
1. The Fun They Had (Issac Asimov)
Q.1 How old are Margie and Tommy?
Ans. Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen years old.
Q.2 What did Margie write in her diary?
Ans. Margie wrote in her diary, “Today Tommy found a real book!”
Q.3 Had Margie ever seen a book before?
Ans. No, Margie had never seen a book before.
Q.4 What things about the book did she find strange?
Ans. She found that the words in the book stand still. They did not move like the words on the television screen.
Q.5 What do you think a tele book is?
Ans. It is a book that is telecast on T.V. screen. It is not like a real book.
Q.6 Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?
Ans. Margie’s school was in her house. Her schoolroom was in the room next to her bedroom. She had no classmate.
Q.7 What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?
Ans. Margie learnt Geography and Mathematics while Tommy learnt History subject.
Q.8 What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
Ans. Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers. They appeared daily on their television screen at fixed time. They gave them homework, checked their homework and judged their progress in study.
Q.9 Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector?
Ans. The mechanical teacher had been giving test after test to Margie in Geography. In those tests Margie was doing worse. Her mother was very upset with it. So, she sent for the County Inspector to check her mechanical teacher.
Q.10 How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?
Ans. Tommy says that many years ago there were old kind of schools. Those schools also had teachers. They were men. The school had a special building, all the kids went there and learnt the same thing.
Long Answer
Q 1. Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?
Ans. Margie hated school because it has no fun. She had a mechanical teacher who teaches her at fixed time every day. She hated to give test after test. She had to write her answers in a punch code. Other reason she was failing to perform well in geography tests.
She thought that the old kind of school must have been fun. She imagined all the kids coming, laughing and shouting together in the schoolyard. They would sit together in the classroom and go home together. They would learn the same things and could help one another in the homework. The teachers were also human beings that would make the learning process more interactive and interesting.