Updated on 27/05/2026
*1. The Fun They Had (Isaac Asimov)*
*1. Who is the writer of the lesson ‘The Fun They Had’?*
Ans. Isaac Asimov
*2. In which century is the story ‘The Fun They Had’ set?
Ans. 22nd century (17 May 2157)
*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 old
*6. How old was Margie?*
Ans. Eleven years old
*7. Who was Mrs. Jones?*
Ans. Margie’s mother
*8. What did Margie hate?*
Ans. Her school
*9. Where was Margie’s school room?*
Ans. Next to her bedroom
*10. How many books did their television screen have?*
Ans. It had millions of books
*11. When had Margie learned 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 Tommy had found a real book
13. What was Margie's opinion about school ?
Ans. She hated school
14. Who has read a real book?
Ans. Margie's grandfather's grandfather
15. Which strange thing did Tommy and Margie find in the book?
Ans. The words stood still in the book
16. What was the condition of the pages of the real book?
Ans. The pages were yellow and crinkly.
Textual Questions
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 stood still. They did not move like the words on the television screen.
Q.5 What do you think a telebook is?
Ans. It is not like a real book that is printed on pages. It is a book that can be telecast on television or computer screen.
Q.6 Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?
Ans. Margie’s school was in her house. It was in the room next to her bedroom. She had no classmates.
Q.7 What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?
Ans. Margie learnt Geography and Mathematics while Tommy learnt History.
Q.8 What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
Ans. They had mechanical teachers which appeared daily on their television screen at a fixed time. They gave them homework, checked their homework and 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 kinds of schools. Those schools also had teachers. The teachers were human beings. The school had a special building; all the kids went there and learnt the same thing.
Q. 11 What did the County Inspector do to help Margie with her Geography lessons?
Ans. He slowed down the mechanical teacher's geography sector to an average ten-year-old level because it had been geared too fast for Margie.
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 taught her at a fixed time every day. She hated to give test after test. She had to write her answers in a punch code. Another reason was that 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 who made the learning process more interactive and interesting.