Now, I don't know why this should have happened to me. I'm just an ordinary guy named
Charley, thirty-one years old, and I was wearing a tan gabardine suit and a straw hat with a
fancy band; I passed a dozen men who looked just like me. And I wasn't trying to escape from
anything; I just wanted to get home to Louisa, my wife,
(1)
What does this' refer to ?
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(a) Seeing the non-existent third level (b) Collecting post stamps
(c) Getting lost at Grand Central Station (d) Going into the past
When did this' incident take place?
(a) While he was going to visit his father
(b) While he was going to work
(c) While he was going to his Psychiatrist friend
(d) While he was returning late from work.
Why does the narrator say that he was not trying to escape from anything?
(a) Because his friend thought he was trying to escape his struggles
(b) Because his Psychiatrist friend told his he was trying to escape the stress
(c) Because he was mentally ill.
(d) Because his Psychiatrist friend told him that he hallucinated going to Galesburg
The given lines show that the narrator Charley,
(a) Fameied going to his old town.
(b) was a very amiable man with a lot of friends.
(iv)
Answers
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Answer:
1. (a) Getting lost at Grand Central Station
2. (d) While he was returning late from work
3. (b) Because his Psychiatrist friend told him he was trying to escape the stress
4. (b) Fancied going to his old town
Explanation:
The given extract is from 'The Third Level' by Jack Finney.
The story puts an emphasis on a man's desire to run away from reality to peaceful times, Charlie being no exception. He believes that the Grand Central Station has three levels to which his psychiatrist friend comments that he just wants to escape from worldly problems.
However, Charlie finds himself lost in the Grand Central Station one day while returning home late from work. He discovers the third level of the station and wonders why it happened to him this time since he was not trying to run away, in fact, he wanted to go home to his wife.
The third level turns out to be a gateway to Galesburg (Charlie's old town) where he wanted to return, prior to the world wars since it was a beautiful and peaceful place.
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