Question

He was a round little man with a red face and a whole
box of tools with dials and wires.
(a) Who is he' in the above extract?
(b) Where has 'he' come?
fe) What is he supposed to do?
(d) How does he explain the problem he has
rectified
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Answer 1

Answer:

(a) ‘He’ referred in the extract is the county inspector, a character in the story ‘The Fun They Had’ by Isaac Asimov.

(b) The county inspector was called for by Margie’s mother to repair Margie’s mechanical teacher.

(c) He was supposed to repair Margie’s mechanical teacher.  

(d) After checking the mechanical teacher, the county inspector felt that Margie’s poor performance in Geography was due to malfunctioning of the mechanical teacher and also because it was geared up to a higher level. So he rectified the problem and also slowed it up to the level of an average ten-year-old level.