This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > English > The Fun They Had > Class 9 English Chapter 1 The Fun They Had – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 English Chapter 1 The Fun They Had Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. WHERE DID TOMMY FOUND THE REAL BOOK A) IN HIS KITCHEN. B) IN HIS LIVING ROOM. C) IN HIS ATTIC. D) IN HIS ROOM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IN HIS ATTIC. 2. Hundreds of years of time ..... A) Progress. B) Centuries. C) Calculated. D) Average. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Centuries. 3. What word best describes the term given "a room above the house, usually used at a storeroom" ? A) Storeroom. B) Pantry. C) Attic. D) Patio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attic. 4. Where did Tommy and Margie read various books? A) In the library. B) In the school. C) On a computer screen. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On a computer screen. 5. What does the speaker consider 'waste' in the line "what a waste" ? A) Paying for the price of a book. B) Throwing away the book after reading it. C) Typing homework in punch code. D) Electricity consumption by telebooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Throwing away the book after reading it. 6. What was the author's MAIN purpose for writing this passage? A) To teach readers about computers and convince them to use them. B) To explain how books are printed and show readers their importance. C) To inform readers about the future and prepare them for mechanical teachers. D) To entertain readers and encourage them to think about changes in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To entertain readers and encourage them to think about changes in the future. 7. Some people find the Internet ..... to, or better than, other ways of learning. A) Superior. B) Calculated. C) Olives. D) Ham sandwich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Superior. 8. Find out synonym for the word "Lofty" A) High. B) Humble. C) Low. D) Meek. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High. 9. Sarah ..... left the field without shaking hands with the players on the other team A) Loftily. B) Usual. C) Superior. D) Waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loftily. 10. Margie was scornful. "School? What's there to write about school? I hate school. Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test and she had been doing worse after worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the County Inspector.2. Margie had not been doing well in A) History. B) Science. C) English. D) 1. Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. Geography. 11. When did Margie write in her diary that tommy found a real book? A) 17 May 2157. B) 17 April 2157. C) 01 January 2157. D) 17 March 2157. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 17 May 2157. 12. Who wa waiting in the next room A) Teacher. B) Mother. C) Mechanical teacher. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mechanical teacher. 13. Where do Margie and Tommy go to school? A) In a building with friends. B) At home with their parents. C) At the County Inspector's home. D) At home with a computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At home with a computer. 14. Who is the author of 'The Fun They Had'? A) Charles Dickens. B) Isaac Asimov. C) Katherine Mansfield. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isaac Asimov. 15. What year is this story set in? A) 2028. B) 1999. C) 2157. D) 3042. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2157. 16. This ..... checks a disc to make sure there's nothing wrong with it. A) Calculated. B) Mechanical. C) Waste. D) Inspector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inspector. 17. What is the book about? A) Games. B) Teachers. C) Schools of the past. D) Schools of the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schools of the past. 18. Why do Margie and Tommy find the book interesting? A) It was very old and printed on paper. B) They liked to read books. C) The pages were full of colorful pictures. D) The story was written by their favorite author. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was very old and printed on paper. 19. Margie was scornful. "School? What's there to write about school? I hate school. Margie always hated school, but now she hated it more than ever. The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test and she had been doing worse after worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the County Inspector.1. The phrase 'sent for' in the extract means: A) Went. B) Called. C) Approved. D) Showed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Called. 20. How did the County Inspector look like? A) A very tall man. B) A very thin man. C) He was a little man with red face. D) A man with white beard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was a little man with red face. 21. How much time did the Mechanical teacher take to calculate the marks? A) 2 hour. B) 1 minute. C) No time. D) 1 hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No time. 22. What did the grandmother give to Kezia when she was sobbing? A) A CHOCLATE. B) A TOY. C) A CLEAN HANKY. D) A ICE CREAM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A CLEAN HANKY. 23. Where did all students go to study hundreds and hundreds years ago? A) School. B) To their friends homes. C) At their homes itself. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) School. 24. What is a telebook?A) an e-bookB) an electronic bookC) book stored in a computerD) all A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 25. Who has penned this story? A) Issac Asimov. B) Isaac Asimovv. C) Isacc Asimov. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isacc Asimov. 26. Which year has been mentioned in the text "The Fun They Had" ? A) 2020. B) 1919. C) 1947. D) 2157. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2157. 27. What does Margie think about the old schools? A) They were too strict. B) They were boring. C) They were ineffective. D) They were fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were fun. 28. On which Date Margie wrote about her day? A) 14 May 2136. B) 16 May 2127. C) 13 May 2032. D) 17 May 2157. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 17 May 2157. 29. Using machines, many people have ..... answers to math problems. A) Waste. B) Calculated. C) Average. D) Superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calculated. 30. By use of machines ..... A) Wate. B) Superior. C) Mechanical. D) Inspector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mechanical. 31. What is a Virtual Classroom? A) Class outside classroom. B) Class in the garden. C) Class in the field. D) Where learning done is through computer software and internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where learning done is through computer software and internet. 32. Question 5Why did Margie find the old schools interesting? A) Because of the fun. B) Because of human teachers. C) Because of many friends. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 33. Which year has the story been set in? A) 2057B) 1957C) 2157D) 2257 A) A. B) D. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 34. What could have most likely happened to make the education system change so drastically? A) Mistrust in human intellect and trust in artificial intelligence. B) Teachers were too bored teaching the same things over and over again. C) A nuclear war obliterated the majority of the population. D) Children no longer were taught to be respectful and obey orders from humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mistrust in human intellect and trust in artificial intelligence. 35. Laws help us know how to behave. Use that information and your knowledge A) Illegal; criminal. B) Scientific; technical. C) Allowed; permitted. D) Absolute; complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allowed; permitted. 36. Why was Kezia left at home alone with her cook? A) Her mother and grandmother went for fishing. B) Her mother and grandmother went to the hospital. C) They went to the counryside. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her mother and grandmother went to the hospital. 37. Who is the author of the story ..... (The Fun They Had )? A) Robert Frost. B) Isaac Asimov. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isaac Asimov. 38. Where was Margie's school?A) in a villageB) in a city outskirtC) in her own houseD) in a room in her house where a computer was set up A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 39. What caused Margie to hate school even more than before? A) Having no friends in school anymore. B) Learning about real teachers instead of teaching machines. C) Doing poorly on test after test in geography. D) Reading an old book that Tommy has found in his attic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doing poorly on test after test in geography. 40. WHICH SUBJECT TEST MECHANICAL TEACHER WAS GIVING AGAIN AND AGAIN TO MARGIE? A) HISTORY. B) ENGLISH. C) MATH. D) GEOGRAPHY. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GEOGRAPHY. 41. When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled ..... and turned away. A) Completely. B) Sorrowfully. C) Quickly. D) Nonchalantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonchalantly. 42. Why does the author have Margie and Tommy talk about the old book? A) To show why Tommy does not like to read. B) To show that the book is boring. C) To show that Tommy is older than Margie. D) To show how schools have changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show how schools have changed. 43. Who said these to whom?"I don't think it is the little girl's fault" A) Teacher to the mother. B) Mother to the county inspector. C) County inspector to the Mother. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) County inspector to the Mother. 44. What part of the mechanical teacher does Margie hate the most? A) THE ROBOTIC TEACHER'S SIZE. B) HOW QUICKLY THE TEACHER GRADES MARGIE'S HOMEWORK. C) THE HOMEWORK THAT THE TEACHER ASSIGNS. D) THE TEACHER'S SLOT FOR HOMEWORK AND TEST PAPERS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) THE TEACHER'S SLOT FOR HOMEWORK AND TEST PAPERS. 45. How Margie's Robot looked? A) Large, black and ugly. B) Large, black and cute. C) Large, grey and ugly. D) Little, black and ugly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large, black and ugly. 46. Why was Margie performing badly in Geography? A) Because the mechanical teacher was giving her tests of higher mental level. B) Because Geography was a very tough subject for her. C) Because she did not like Geography. D) Because she hated the teaching method of mechanical teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the mechanical teacher was giving her tests of higher mental level. 47. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?A) MathematicsB) ScienceC) GeographyD) All A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 48. Who found an old book? A) Margie. B) Kalam. C) Tommy. D) Mechanical Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tommy. 49. Meaning of "dispute" is ..... A) Discard. B) Depart. C) Disagree. D) Different. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disagree. 50. What di Margie just want to read A) Horror book. B) Funny book. C) Real book. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Funny book. 51. In what way is the setting of "The Fun They Had" typical of science fiction? A) The story takes place on another world. B) The story takes place in the distant past. C) The story takes place in the future. D) The story takes place in outer space. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The story takes place in the future. 52. Why did Kezia tear the papers? A) To play. B) To clean her room. C) To fill the cusion. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To fill the cusion. 53. Who is the main character of the story?A) parentsB) childrenC) MargieD) Tommy A) D. B) C. C) Use. D) A. E) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 54. If a person behavesnonchalantly, how does he or she most likely feel? A) Carefree. B) Worried. C) Sad. D) Curious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carefree. 55. Which of these technological advances is most clearly featured in the science-fiction A) Satellite tv. B) On-screen readers. C) The internet. D) GPS (Global Positioning System). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On-screen readers. 56. How were the words in the old book? A) Moving. B) Getting unprinted after reading. C) Steady. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steady. 57. On what day did Margie study? A) Everyday. B) Never. C) Weekdays. D) Weekends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weekdays. 58. What changed Kezia's perception about her father? A) The night she got a nightmare he comforted her. B) His scolding. C) Her grandmother. D) Her mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The night she got a nightmare he comforted her. 59. Select the writer of the lesson 'The Fun They Had' A) Robert Frost. B) Issac Asimov. C) Shakespeare. D) William Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Issac Asimov. 60. Where did Margie put her homework and test papers? A) In her drawer. 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