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DAV: Class VIII English Literature Chapter 3: The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov

DAV: English Literature Class VIII

Chapter 3: The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov

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 I Understanding the Story

A. Complete …. (For full question, refer to the book.)

1. Tommy found a real book about schools.    

2. The part of her mechanical teacher that Margie hated the most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers.

3. Once the inspector had taken away Tommy’s teacher because his history sector had blanked out completely.

4. Margie wrote her homework in punch code which she had been taught when she was six.

5. Margie's school was located next to her bedroom.

6. Margie's school was off on Saturday and Sunday.

B. Answer the …. (For full question, refer to the book.)

1. What was awfully …. (For full question, refer to the book.) 

Ans. It was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to on a screen. They also remained where they were even when the page was turned.

2. Why had Margie …. (For full question, refer to the book.)

Ans. The mechanical teachers had been giving Margie test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse. This was the reason that Margie had started hating her school.

3. What was the complication …. (For full question, refer to the book.)

Ans. The geography sector was geared a little too quick. It had gone beyond Margie's age level.

4. ‘Margie thought …. (For full question, refer to the book.)

Whom do ‘he' and …. (For full question, refer to the book.)

Ans. ‘He’ refers to the County Inspector, and ‘It’ refers to the mechanical teacher.

Margie did not want the mechanical teacher to be put together again because she hated it.

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