“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?

“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?

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

1 Ted Samuels is an author of children's stories. Ted's father was in the Army, so his family moved around a lot when he was a kid. Ted and his sister made friends by playing baseball with their new neighbors. Ted now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and he still enjoys playing baseball.2 Ken and his family had moved to town three weeks ago. He and his older brother, Pete, spent most of that time helping their parents unpack. Ken didn't know many of the other kids in the neighborhood, and he worried that he wouldn't know anyone when school started.3 Ken's mom tried to make him feel better. She told him that he just needed to get out and meet the other kids in town.4 One morning a few weeks later, Ken met Mal, a boy his age who lived down the street. Mal was nice, and he asked Ken to play catch in the park. Ken didn't have a baseball glove, but he really wanted to make a new friend. He asked Pete if he could borrow his glove.5 "Okay," Pete said. "Just don't forget to bring it back."6 Ken promised that he would be careful with the glove, and he rushed to meet Mal in the park. Ken and Mal played catch for a while. After that, Mal took Ken to the school so he would know where to go when classes started. The playground was open, so they spent some time on the swings. Later they stopped by the library. Mal said the library had many great books, and he even helped Ken sign up for a library card that morning.7 Ken invited Mal back to his house for lunch. When they got close to the house, Ken saw Pete mowing the lawn. That's when Ken realized that he didn't have Pete's glove with him. Ken didn't want to tell his brother that he'd lost the glove.8 Mal asked Ken what was wrong, and Ken told him. Mal said not to worry. They would go looking for the missing glove. They returned to the park, but they couldn't find the glove. They searched the school playground, but it wasn't there, either. They even went back to the library, but no one had found a baseball glove.9 When they returned to Ken's house, Mal told Ken to tell Pete the truth. He said that Pete would understand and that everyone makes mistakes.10 Ken knew that Mal was right. He found Pete in the backyard and told him what had happened. Pete just smiled and told him that a neighbor had found the glove. Pete's name was on the inside of the glove, and the neighbor had dropped it off at the house.11 "Thanks for telling me the truth," Pete said. "Just remember to bring the glove home with you next time."12 Ken said he would, and he rushed back to tell Mal the good news.QuestionWhich action in the story helps advance the plot the most?ResponsesA when Ken and his family moved to a new town three weeks agowhen Ken and his family moved to a new town three weeks agoB when Mal and Ken go looking for Pete's missing baseball glovewhen Mal and Ken go looking for Pete's missing baseball gloveC when Mal asked Ken if he would like to go and play in the parkwhen Mal asked Ken if he would like to go and play in the parkD when Ken asks his brother Pete if he can borrow his baseball glovewhen Ken asks his brother Pete if he can borrow his baseball glove

Compare and contrast the book Kindred to the article To Touch Solid Evidence The Implicity of Past and Present in Octavia E. Butler's.

The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain1 You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly--Tom's Aunt Polly, she is--and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.2 Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. We got six thousand dollars apiece--all gold. It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up. Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round --more than a body could tell what to do with. The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied. But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back.Question 1The author's choice to have Huckleberry Finn narrate his own storyResponsesA lends the work a dark and serious tone.lends the work a dark and serious tone.B lends the work a captivating, tense tone.lends the work a captivating, tense tone.C lends the work a surprisingly hostile tone.lends the work a surprisingly hostile tone.D lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone.lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone.Question 2Of the five choices below, indicate the two lines from the passage which show that Huck thinks of himself, as well as most of his acquaintances, as "bad."ResponsesA I never seen anybody but lied one time or another...I never seen anybody but lied one time or another...B There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.C You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.D Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.E The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.