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The Third Level Worksheet

This worksheet for Grade XII English Core focuses on the chapter 'The Third Level' by Jack Finney. It includes comprehension questions based on extracts from the text, exploring themes of escapism and modern life's insecurities. Students are required to analyze characters' motivations and provide detailed responses to specific questions about the narrative.

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The Third Level Worksheet

This worksheet for Grade XII English Core focuses on the chapter 'The Third Level' by Jack Finney. It includes comprehension questions based on extracts from the text, exploring themes of escapism and modern life's insecurities. Students are required to analyze characters' motivations and provide detailed responses to specific questions about the narrative.

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SHRI RAM GLOBAL SCHOOL, WHITEFIELD, BLR-67

WORKSHEET - 3
SUBJECT: ENGLISH CORE (301)

GRADE: XII DATE: 11.04.25


TOPIC: THE THIRD LEVEL DATE OF SUBMISSION: 14.04.25

QN. QUESTIONS
NO
1. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
A. “The Presidents of the New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads
will swear on a stack of timetables that there are only two. But I say there are three, because
I’ve been on the third level of the Grand Central Station. Yes, I’ve taken the obvious step: I
talked to a psychiatrist friend of mine, among others. I told him about the third level at Grand
Central Station, and he said it was a waking dream wish fulfilment.”
i. Name the chapter.
A. The Last Lesson
B. Should Wizard Hit Mommy
C. On the Face of It
D. The Third Level
ii. Name the author of this chapter.
A. Alphonse Daudet
B. Jack Finale
C. Jack Finney
D. John Updike
iii. Who is ‘l’ in the above extract?
A. Charley
B. Louisa
C. Sam
D. Coin Dealer
iv. “There are only two” What is two in this statement?
A. Blocks
B. Platforms
C. Levels
D. Towers
2. B. “He said I was unhappy. That made my wife kind of mad, but he explained that he meant the
modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and all the rest of it, and that I just want to
escape. Well, who doesn’t? Everybody I know wants to escape, but they don’t wander down into

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any third level at Grand Central Station. But that’s the reason, he said, and my friends all
agreed. Everything points to it. they claimed. My stamp collecting, for example; that’s a
‘temporary refuge from reality.’ Well, maybe, but my grandfather didn’t need any refuge from
reality; things were pretty nice and peaceful in his days, from all I hear, and he started my
collection.”
i. Why did Sam’s verdict make Charley’s wife ‘mad’?
A. It made it difficult for her to accept that Charley would consult a psychiatrist.
B. It seemed to suggest to her that she was the cause of Charley’s unhappiness.
C. It made her aware of Charley’s delicate state of mind.
D. It offended her that Charley and Sam collectively accused her.
ii. Sam’s explanation to the reaction of Charley’s wife was ___________ in nature
A. critical
B. aggressive
C. clarifying
D. accusatory
iii. Select the option that signifies the condition of people of the ‘modern world’ mentioned in the
extract.
(1) unsure
(2) lazy
(3) offensive
(4) anxious
(5) afraid

A. (1) and (3)


B. (2) and (5)
C. (2), (3) and (4)
D. (1), (4) and (5)
iv. Select the option that displays a cause-effect set.

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v. Why didn’t Charley’s grandfather need refuge from reality?
A. He was too busy to bother.
B. He had chosen to deny his reality.
C. He lived in peaceful times.
D. He was a very secure person.
3. Answer the following questions in about 40-50 words.
A. What was Charley’s vision about Galesburg town?
B. What does the third level refer to?
C. Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
4. Answer the following questions in about 120-150 words.
A. At the beginning of the story, Sam is sceptical of Charley’s discovery of the third level. By the
end of the story, the reader is told that he found the third level and travelled back in time. How
would Sam diagnose himself?

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