Question Bank Solutions for CBSE Class 9 - CBSE - English - Language and Literature

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How old are Margie and Tommy?

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What did Margie write in her diary?

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Had Margie ever seen a book before?

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What things about the book did she find strange?

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What do you think a telebook is?

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Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?

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What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?

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“I wouldn’t throw it away.”

1.  Who says these words?
2. What does ‘it’ refer to?
3. What is it being compared with by the speaker?

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“Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.”

1. Who does ‘they’ refer to?
2.  What does ‘regular’ mean here?
3. What is it contrasted with?

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What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?

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Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector?

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What did he do?

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Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the County Inspector do to help
her?

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What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher?

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Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?

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How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?

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How does he describe the old kind of teachers?

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What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolrooms that
Margie and Tommy have in the story?

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Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been
fun?

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Do you agree with Margie that schools today are more fun than the school in the story?
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