NCERT Class 9 English Beehive The Fun They Had Q A
Thinking about the Text
I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.
Question 1. How old are Margie and Tommy?
Answer: Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen years old.
Question 2. What did Margie write in her diary?
Answer: Margie wrote in her diary. “Today, 17 May, 2157, Tommy found a real book.”
Question 3. Had Margie ever seen a book before?
Answer: No, she had never seen a book before.
Question 4. What things about the book did she find strange?
Answer: She noticed that the book’s pages had turned yellow and become wrinkled, and the text was static, unlike the scrolling words on a computer screen. These unique qualities of the book grabbed her interest.
Question 5. What do you think a telebook is?
Answer: A telebook’s text, displayed on a TV screen and the text of a telebook is
similar to a book.
Question 6. Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?
Answer: Margie’s school was located close to her bedroom, and she did not have any classmates.
Question 7. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?
Answer: Margie studied Geography and Mathematics, while Tommy learned Mathematics and History.