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What deeper literary function is served by the entry of the old book in the plot?

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Correct answer: It brings the past into a present-future dialogue

The old printed book functions as a literary bridge between different periods of education. Margie and Tommy live in a future where lessons appear on screens and are delivered by mechanical teachers; the book allows them to imagine a past in which pages were printed and children learned together in a schoolroom. Its importance is therefore symbolic, not merely practical. Option A is correct because the object brings the past into conversation with the children’s present and future world, enabling the story’s central comparison. Option B is too literal: the book does not remove Margie’s Geography lesson. C and D are factually unrelated to the book’s narrative function.

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EnglishClass 9The Fun They HadPrinted BookLiterary DeviceEducationClass 9 Mcq

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