What creates the irony hidden in the title?

Correct answer: The school normal to the reader is imagined joy for Margie

Irony arises when the apparent meaning of a situation contrasts with the meaning understood by a character or the reader. The title refers to the fun that Margie and Tommy imagine in the old kind of school. For modern readers, that school—with printed books, a classroom, classmates, and a human teacher—seems ordinary, but for Margie it appears exciting because her own education is solitary and machine-controlled. Option A is correct because it clearly expresses this difference in perspective. B is false because Margie studies regularly. C is false because Tommy reads the book and explains it. D never happens, so it cannot create the title’s irony.