1. What contains 100% recyclable materials?
2. Runs without a battery?
3. Can be used on take off and landing?
4. Can fall and not break?
5. Doesn’t require an Internet connection?
6. Opens quickly?
7. Is compatible for sun and sand?
8. Will never crash?
Times up. If you guessed a book, you may go to the head of the class.
The quiz owes its origin to the Paperback Exchange, an inviting bookstore in Florence, Italy. The questions appeared in an advertisement, The Ultimate Reading Device, the bookstore placed in Florence’s English Language newspaper.
The store is located on a typical narrow street near the center of Florence. Let’s go inside.
Places to read abound.
There is one other English Language bookstore in Florence. Be ready for the next pop quiz. Hint: recently, it was almost forced to close.
