Maybe if the question specified dimensions of each object, and it was clear that the 3x3 grid of eggs would take up the entire flat surface of either book or la

Maybe if the question specified dimensions of each object, and it was clear that the 3x3 grid of eggs would take up the entire flat surface of either book or laptop, that would be a better test. That’s the only case I can think of where you’d need to put anything on top of the eggs…