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

(Activity) Calculate how many years and months ahead from now Margie’s diary entry is.

Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.

1. How old are Margie and Tommy?

2. What did Margie write in her diary?

3. Had Margie ever seen a book before?

4. What things about the book did she find strange?

5. What do you think a telebook is?

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

7. What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?

Answer each of these questions in two or three paragraphs (100 − 150 words)

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

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

3. Do you agree with Margie that schools today are more fun than the school in the story? Give reasons for your answer.

Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words).

1. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?

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

3. What did he do?

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

5. What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher?

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

7. How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?

8. How does he describe the old kind of teachers?

Talk to any one of your grandparents or any other elderly person. Find out, when she or he was eight-nine years old –

O Where did she or he live?

O From what material was her or his house made?

O Did they have a toilet in their house?

O In which part of the house was food cooked?

O A lot of mud was used when Chetandas' house was made.Why?