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Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.
Margie even wrote about it that night in her diary. On the page headed 17 May 2157, she wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book!”
It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper.
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.
Margie even wrote about it that night in her diary. On the page headed 17 May 2157, she wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book!”
It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper.
(Page 5−6)
Margie’s grandfather once told her that there was a time when all stories were
Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.
“Gee,” said Tommy,” what a waste. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.”
“Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had. He was thirteen.
She said, “Where did you find it?”
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Which of the following words is a synonym of ‘good’ in the given context?
Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.
“Gee,” said Tommy,” what a waste. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.”
“Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had. He was thirteen.
She said, “Where did you find it?”
(Page 6)
Where did Tommy find the book?
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Margie did so with a sigh. She was thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day.
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What did Margie do with a sigh?
Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.
Margie even wrote about it that night in her diary. On the page headed 17 May 2157, she wrote, “Today Tommy found a real book!”
It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper.
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Why was Margie excited to find a real book?
Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.
“Gee,” said Tommy,” what a waste. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.”
“Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had. He was thirteen.
She said, “Where did you find it?”
(Page 6)
Why hadn’t Margie seen as many telebooks as Tommy?
Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.
“Gee,” said Tommy,” what a waste. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.”
“Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had. He was thirteen.
She said, “Where did you find it?”
(Page 6)
What was the book about?
Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.
“Gee,” said Tommy,” what a waste. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.”
“Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had. He was thirteen.
She said, “Where did you find it?”
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Which among the following words is not one of the meanings of the word ‘through’ in the given context?
Read the given extract and answer the question that follows by choosing the most appropriate option.
Margie did so with a sigh. She was thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day.
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Why was Margie thinking about during her lesson?
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“But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.”
“Just the same they didn’t do it that way then. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to read the book.”
“I didn’t say I didn’t like it,” Margie said quickly. She wanted to read about those funny schools.
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(i) What was the best method of education for children according to Margie’s mother?
(ii) Margie wanted to read about those funny schools. Why?
(iii) What does the phrase ‘just the same’ in the present context mean?
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Margie had hoped he wouldn’t know how to put it together again, but he knew how all right, and, after an hour or so, there it was again, large and black and ugly, with a big screen on which all the lessons were shown and the questions were asked.
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(i) Who is ‘he’ in the above lines?
(ii) Why did Margie hope the County Inspector would not be able to put the teacher back together again?
(iii) What is the meaning of the term ‘all right’ in the given context?