The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov

1. What was strange about the old book?

• It was a computer.

• The words didn't move

• It was very long.

• It was white

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2. How old was Margie?

• 11

• 13

• 14

• 15

3. What was the book about?

• televisions

• geography

• school

• animals

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4. What type of teacher did Margie have?

• Smart

• Loving

• Mechanical

• Intimidating

5. How does Asimov describe the County Inspector?

• Strong, tall man, with a moustache

• Round, little man, red face

• Round, little woman, red hair

• Strong, tall woman, with purple clothes

6. How long ago were the old schools around?

• Centuries ago

• Fifty years ago

• Thousands of years ago

• 10 years ago

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7. Did Margie like her current classroom, teacher, and education?

• yes

• no

8. Margie wanted to go back in time to be a student when they all learned the same things at the same age and sat in one room together with other students and one human teacher.

• true

• false

9. What could have most likely happened to make the education system change so drastically?

• Mistrust in human intellect and trust in artificial intelligence.

• Teachers were too bored teaching the same things over and over again.

• A nuclear war obliterated the majority of the population.

• Children no longer were taught to be respectful and obey orders from humans.

10. What year is this story set in?

• 3042

• 2028

• 1999

• 2155