The Fun They Had MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. On which date did Margie make an entry in her diary about schools?

1. 17-May-56
2. 17-May-57
3. 17-May-58
4. 17-May-59

2. Which year has the story been set in?

1. 2057
2. 1957
3. 2157
4. 2257

3. Century means

1. 10 years
2. 1000 years
3. 100 years
4. 110 years

4. How long (approx.) did the inspector take to fix the mechanical teacher?

1. 2 hours
2. 1 hour
3. 3 hours
4. 4 hours

5. What did Tommy and Margie mean by a regular teacher

1. a male teacher
2. a female teacher
3. a good teacher
4. a mechanical teacher

6. Select the title of the story of Tommy and Margie

1. A Real Book .
2. The Fun They Had
3. The Fun with Printed Books
4. A Printed Book

7. What did Margie write about in her diary?

1. a real school
2. a real teacher
3. a real book
4. Tommy her grandfather

8. What is a telebook?

1. an e-book
2. an electronic book
3. book stored in a computer
4. all

9. What did Tommy find?

1. an old book with yellow crinky pages
2. a yellow pages book
3. a brand new book
4. a diary

10. Margie's mother shaken her head sorrowfully :

1. at Margie's poor performance in tests
2. at the old times of schools
3. at the printed books
4. at the mechanical teacher

11. Why did Margie hate school?

1. because of machine work
2. no fun was there
3. no new things
4. All

12. The County Inspector had a

1. Blue face
2. Brown face
3. Red face
4. Whiteface

13. What is a Virtual Classroom?

1. class outside classroom
2. class in the garden
3. class in the field
4. where learning done is through computer software and internet

14. Who are Margie and Tommy?

1. cousins
2. brother sister
3. friends
4. neighbors

15. The section of which subject was completely deleted from Tommy's computer?

1. English
2. History
3. Social Studies
4. Geography

16. To which world does the story take the readers to?

1. future world
2. past world
3. present World
4. future world where computers will play a major role

17. Margie was doing worse and worse in?

1. Geography
2. Maths
3. Physics
4. English

18. Why had the inspector tools and wires with him?

1. he was to set Margie right
2. he was to set the mechanical teacher right
3. he was to check Margie's mother
4. none of these options

19. Who told Margie once about real books?

1. her father
2. Tommy
3. the mechanical teacher
4. her grandfather

20. How did Margie feed her homework in the mechanical teacher?

1. in a punch code
2. in written papers
3. by speaking
4. none of these options

21. Where did Tommy found the book?

1. in the attic
2. in the school
3. in a shop
4. in a library

22. Why were the pages of the book were yellow and crinkly

1. it was a very old book
2. Its colour was yellow
3. they were yellow because written in yellow ink .
4. none of these

23. What was strange about the book for Margie?

1. its title
2. its pages
3. its still words printed on page
4. its color

24. After fixing the mechanical teacher, ............smiled

1. Margie
2. Tommy
3. Mrs. Jones
4. County Inspector

25. Who found the real book?

1. Margie
2. Mrs. Jones
3. Tommy
4. County Inspector

26. Who went to school?

1. Margie
2. Tommy
3. Teachers
4. Margie and Tommy's ancestors

27. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?

1. Mathematics
2. Science
3. Geography
4. All

28. How were the words in the book?

1. moving
2. Steady
3. getting unprinted after reading
4. none of these options is right

29. Tommy's mechanical teacher was away for

1. Nearly 2 months
2. Nearly 1 month
3. Nearly 3 months
4. Nearly 2.5 months

30. Did Margie have fixed hours of study?

1. No
2. she studied off and on
3. Yes she had fixed time and hours daily to study except Saturday and Sunday
4. None

31. How long did it take the inspector to set the mechanical teacher right?

1. one hour
2. thirty minutes
3. two hours
4. one month

32. Who is the main character of the story?

1. parents
2. children
3. Margie
4. Tommy

33. Margie and Tommy took their lessons via

1. Real book
2. Mechanical teacher
3. Attending schoolrooms
4. None of the above

34. In which subject was Margie failing repeatedly?

1. Science
2. History
3. English
4. Geography

35. Which part of the mechanical teacher did Margie hate most?

1. screen
2. whole box
3. slot
4. none of these

36. Margie's mother called the County Inspector to

1. teach Margie
2. give her good marks
3. take her to other school
4. set the mechanical teacher right

37. What do you mean by a mechanical teacher?

1. television
2. a teacher who teaches with instruments
3. a real teacher
4. all the options are correct

38. How old was Margie?

1. ten years
2. eleven years
3. twelve years
4. thirteen years

39. How old was Tommy?

1. ten years
2. eleven years
3. Twelve years
4. thirteen years

40. What was Margie's mechanical teacher giving her?

1. tests in mathematics
2. tests in geography
3. a sound beating
4. good marks

41. What did Margie hope for when the county inspector took the mechanical teacher apart?

1. That it rains
2. That Tommy finds the real book
3. That the inspector will never know how to put back the mechanical teacher
4. That she gets a long holiday

42. Who was a round little man?

1. the County Inspector
2. the mechanical teacher
3. the real teacher
4. Tommy

43. What was Margie scornful about?

1. the printed book
2. the school
3. Tommy
4. e-mail books

44. If you don't like it, you don't have to read the book. Who said this?

1. Tommy
2. Margie
3. County Inspector
4. Mrs. Jones

45. Who didn't want a strange man as a teacher?

1. Tommy
2. Blair
3. Mrs. Jones
4. Margie

46. With whom is the mechanical teacher contrasted with?

1. with other teachers
2. with old teachers
3. with human teachers
4. with other robots