UNIT – 7 OTHER WORLDS, OTHER TIMES

SECTION 2 – THE FUN THEY HAD

BY ISAAC ASIMOV
GLOSSARY
1. ATTIC – ROOM BELOW THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE OFTEN USED FOR STORING THINGS
2. SCORNFUL – DISRESPECTFUL
3. TOOK THE TEACHER APART – HERE,REMOVED THE ROBOT’S PARTS TO LOOK INSIDE
4. GEARED A LITTLE TOO QUICK – HERE , SET TO WORK MORE QUICKLY THAN DESIRED
5. WITH VERY SUPERIOR EYES – ARROGANTLY
6. DOFTILY – SNOBBISHLY
7. REGULAR TEACHER – HERE , THE ROBOTIC TEACHER
8. NONCHALANTLY – CALMLY
9. TUCKED BENEATH HIS ARM – HELD FIRMLY UNDER HIS ARM
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS –
QUES1. How old were Margie and Tommy?
Ans1. Margie was eleven years old and Tommy was thirteen.
QUES 2. Why was Tommy so interested in the books?
Ans2. Tommy was so interested in the books because he had never seen books before.
QUES 3. Why did Margie hate with the school?
Ans3. Margie’s mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she
had been doing worse.
QUES 4. What did Margie hate the most?
Ans4. The part Margie hated the most was the slot where she had to put homework and
test papers.
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTION –
QUES1. Compare the telebooks that Margie and Tommy used with the book they found.
Ans1. The telebooks that Margie and Tommy used were electric and read from a television
screen. The words would move themselves on the screen as they read. The television itself
held the large number of books at once. On the other hand, the book that they found was of
paper and had letters printed on them that did not move. When they went back to the
previous page, it was exactly as it had been when they read it. While they did not have to
move the telebooks when reading it, the pages of the old book had to be flipped by them.