ALL IMPORTENT QUESTION ANSWER FROM "THE FUN THEY HAD" | CLASS IX | SEBA| YOU CAN LEARN TOO
1.How old are Margie and Tommy?
Ans- Margie is eleven year old and Tommy is thirteen year old.
2. What did Margie write in her diary?
Ans- Margie wrote, "Today Tommy found a real book!".
3. Had Margie ever seen a book before?
Ans-No, Margie had never seen a book before.
4. What things about the book did she find strange?
Ans-Margie found it strange that the book had yellow and wrinkled pages. Words in the book were still and did not move the way they were supposed to on a screen.
5. What do you think a telebook is?
Ans-A book that can be displayed on a screen is called a telebook.
6. Where was Margie's school?Did she have any classmates?
Ans-Margie's school was in her home itself, right next to her bedroom. No, she did not have any classmates.
7. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?
Ans-Margie and Tommy learned geography, history and arithmetic.
II. Answer the following with reference to the story.
1. "I wouldn't throw it away."
(i) Who says these words?
(ii) What does 'it' refer to?
(iii) What is it being compared with by the speaker?
Answer:
(i) Tommy says these words.
(ii) 'It' refers to the television screen.
(iii) Tommy is comparing the television screen with the printed books of earlier times. He thought that after reading such books, one would have to throw them away. However, he would never throw away his telebook.
2. "Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn't a regular teacher. It was a man."
(i) Who does 'they' refer to?
(ii) What does 'regular' mean here?
(iii) What is it contrasted with?
Answer:
(i) They refer to the students who studied in the old kind of schools, centuries before the time the story is set in.
(ii) Here, 'regular' refers to the mechanical teachers that Tommy and Margie had.
(iii) The mechanical teacher is contrasted with the teacher of the earlier times, who was a human being.
III. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words).
1. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
Answer: Margie and Tommy had mechanical teachers with large black screens on which all the lessons were shown and questions were asked. These mechanical teachers had a slot in which the students had to put their homework and test papers.
2. Why did Margie's mother send for the County Inspector?
Answer: Margie's mother sent for the County Inspector because the mechanical teacher was not functioning efficiently. Margie had been given many tests in geography by the teacher, but there was no improvement in her performance.
3. What did he do?
Answer: Margie was doing badly in geography because the geography sector of the mechanical teacher had been adjusted at a higher level. In order to help her, the County Inspector slowed down the geography sector to an average ten-year level.
4. Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the County Inspector do to help her?
Answer: Margie was doing badly in geography because the geography sector of the mechanical teacher had been adjusted at a higher level. In order to help her, the County Inspector slowed down the geography sector of the mechanical teacher to an average ten- year level.
5. What had once happened to Tommy's teacher?
Answer: Once, Tommy's teacher was taken away for nearly a month because its history sector had blanked out completely.
6. Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?
Answer: Yes, Margie had regular days and hours for school because her mother believed that learning at regular hours helped little girls learn better. So, her mechanical teacher always turned on at the same time every day except on Saturdays and Sundays.
7. How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?
Answer: Tommy says that the old kind of school had a special building and all the kids went there. They had a teacher, who was a man. They all studied together and learned the same thing.
8. How does he describe the old kind of teachers?
Answer: Tommy describes the old kind of teachers as living human beings who did not live in the house. Instead, they taught the students in a special building. They taught the children in groups and gave them homework.
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