CBSE Class 12 English The Third Level (Jack Finney) VBQs Set 03

Question. Why was Louisa worried?
(a) knowing the incident of Third Level
(b) for not getting tickets
(c) tickets were delayed
(d) Sam was scaring
Answer: (a) knowing the incident of Third Level

Question. Why does Charley want to visit Galesberg?
(a) to escape from the troublesome world
(b) to enjoy
(c) to see the beautiful landscape
(d) to meet his old friends
Answer: (a) to escape from the troublesome world

Question. What is First Day Cover?
(a) A new stamp gets the Postmark and date
(b) A gift
(c) A gift wrapper
(d) A magazine’s cover page
Answer: (a) A new stamp gets the Postmark and date

Question. Who had sent that First Day cover and when?
(a) Sam’s father in 1896
(b) Sam’s uncle in 1894
(c) Sam’s friend in 1896
(d) Sam in 1894
Answer: (d) Sam in 1894

Question. What is Sam’s letter to Charley represent?
(a) a blend
(b) an acceptance to visit
(c) a proof of his fantasy
(d) a blend of reality with fantasy
Answer: (d) a blend of reality with fantasy

Question. What did the letter state?
(a) That everything is okay
(b) That Sam is joining them
(c) Third level do exist and Charley was advised to keep looking at this worth seeing place
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) Third level do exist and Charley was advised to keep looking at this worth seeing place

Question. What is Sam’s letter testimony to in the lesson proving?
(a) his acceptance to travel
(b) his refusal to travel
(c) Sam accompanying Charley
(d) Charley’s tendency of escapism from the realities
Answer: (d) Charley’s tendency of escapism from the realities

Question. The genre of the lesson “third level” is______.
(a) science fiction
(b) tragedy
(c) fantasy
(d) historical fiction
Answer: (c) fantasy

Question. Charley’s wife name was ______.
(a) Leena
(b) Louisa
(c) Alexa
(d) Lisa
Answer: (b) Louisa

Question. Sam was invited for a ________ party according to the letter.
(a) coffee
(b) tea
(c) bachelor’s
(d) lemonade
Answer: (d) lemonade

Question. _________ signatures were there on the letter.
(a) Charley’s teacher
(b) Charley’s grandfather
(c) Sam
(d) Louisa
Answer: (c) Sam

Question. Charley found ________ in his stamp collection.
(a) old addresses
(b) hair styles
(c) old letters
(d) first day cover
Answer: (c) old letters

Question. Find the correct statement in the following:
(i) Everybody I know wants to escape, but they don’t --- wander down into any second level.
(ii) One night last winter --- I worked late at the office.
(iii) All I could hear was the --- empty sound of my own footsteps and I didn’t pass a soul.
(iv) There is something ---- nice about jail, even in 1894.
Answer: (iv) There is something ---- nice about jail, even in 1894.

Question. Find the correct statement in the following:
(i) And I wanted --- three tickets to Galesburg, Illinois.
(ii) There were brass spittoons --- on the platform.
(iii) Sometimes I think Grand Central is growing --- like a mushroom.
(iv) The corridor I was in began angling left and slanting downward ---- and I thought that was left, but I kept walking.
Answer: (iii) Sometimes I think Grand Central is growing --- like a mushroom.

Question. Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and choose the correct option :
(i) My stamp collecting, for example; that’s a ‘temporary refuge from reality
(ii) The tunnel turned sharp left; I went down a short flight of stairs and came out on the third level at the Grand Central Station.
(iii) But I say there are three, because I’ve been on the third level of the Grand Central Station.
(iv) My friend Sam Weiner disappeared!
Options:
(a) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)
(b) (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)
(c) (iv)-(ii)-(i)-(iii)
(d) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)
Answer: (d) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)

Question. Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and choose the correct option :
(i) The lights were dim and sort of flickering.
(ii) Another time I came up in an office building on Forty- Sixth street, three blocks away.
(iii) I was in a hurry to get uptown to my apartment so I decided to take the subway from Grand Central because it’s faster than bus.
(iv) They’re never opened; you just put blank paper in the envelope.
Options:
(a) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)
(b) (iii)-(ii)-(i)-(iv)
(c) (iv)-(ii)-(i)-(iii)
(d) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)
Answer: (a) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)