2. II. Answer the following with reference to the story.
1. "I wouldn't throw it away."
(i) Who says these words?
(ii) What does it refer to?
(iii) What is it being compared with by the speaker?
2. "Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn't a regular teacher. It was a man."
(i) Who does 'they' refer to?
(ii) What does regular' mean here?
(iii) What is it contrasted with?
III. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words).
What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
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 County Inspect
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?
IV. 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 schoolroom
that Margie and Tommy have in the story?
2. Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school mus
have been fun?​