“Today Tommy found a real book!”It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy hisgrandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper.1. Why do you think the story is set in a future?

Why do you think the story is set in a future?

“Today Tommy found a real book! ” It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather oncesaid that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time whenall stories were printed on paper.(a) Who are Margie and Tommy?(b) Where had Tommy found the book?(c) What is meant by “real book”?(d) How had Margie heard of such a book?

Readthe following passage and answer the questions that follow: 1. When we read, we take journeys—into a newworld, back in time. We re-meet old selves, uncover new places and horizons.Books are often as much about our pasts as about the stories of the booksthemselves. They’re also about the relationships they remind us of, the peoplewe loan them to, the readers who came before us. 2. There are a lot of old children’s books onmy shelves: some old family heirlooms, some bought in used bookstores. Eachtells a story. There’s a late 19th-century illustrated paperback of TheGingerbread Man: the cover is sewn together with thread, the edges aretattered, a child’s signature is scrawled across the first page. The picturesbear riveting poppy reds and mustard yellows. On the bookshelf beside it is a1960s copy of Now We Are Six, a collection of nursery rhymes from A.A. Milnethat used to belong to my cousins. Beside that sits a pop-up version of TheLittle Prince: newer, but already laced with memories. I read it aloud to mylittle brother and fiancé one Christmas eve as we drove home in a snowstorm,navigating perilous roads. The book kept us awake, aware, and cheerful. 3. It’s amazing how theold hardback novels on the shelf blend so beautifully together: their coverswere often moss green, navy, cinnamon brown—the letters gilded in richmetallic. The older typography was often simple and scholarly, traditionalserif fonts with delicate forms. The Victorian era books have greater titleflourishes, more feminine scripts. But if you stack them side-by-side on ashelf, they all blend in lovely harmony. There’s a stately grace to them. 4. Books today have a different character:rather than complementing each other, they often seem to be at war with eachother, a clashing and clamouring of colours, fonts, and styles. There’s often agreat creativity and artistry to their covers, but they can also seem asriotous and mentally-assaulting as a bunch of TV commercials. Their diversity—oneof the beauties of the print book—can also be their greatest aestheticturn-off. 5. Yet e-books are inan entirely separate world: they all have covers, certainly, but they’reglimpsed rarely by the reader, as the book automatically saves its place andopens to the last page you left. The pages’ fonts are particular to the tabletand its owner, not the book: ones you pick and customize according to yourtaste. Even the font size will change according to your preferences. E-booksaren’t things you buy “used”—each is a new digital edition, particular to you,stripped of history. All of these things make the reading experience easier—butdo they make it memorable, endearing? Source: http://humanepursuits.com/the-beauty-of-books/Based on yourunderstanding of the passage, answer the questions given below.1. Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option.Reading a book is a journey as………………………….. 1 pointwe see new places through booksour minds travel as we readreading is costlyreading about a place is cheaper than travel2. Based on your understanding of the passage, select the option that lists the correct sequence of thoughts as expressed by the author:- 1. E- Books do not connect to heart.2. The old hard back novels blend together.3. Books are about our pasts.4. The book kept us awake, aware, and cheerful. 1 point4, 2, 1, & 31, 3, 2 & 43, 2, 4, & 13, 4, 2, & 13. State whether the following statement is true or false.The colours, fonts and styles make today’s books complement with each other. 1 pointTRUEFALSE4. E-books aren’t things you buy “used”—each is a new digital edition, particular to you, stripped of history. This sentence suggests the author’s ………………… 1 pointangerlamentcomplaintcompliment

How might a reviewer express the idea of a story being set in the past?

What does the author hope to convince you, the reader, that history is not?