The Third Level

Previous Years' CBSE Board Questions

(2 marks)

941 Willard Street

Why did the booking clerk refuse to accept the money offered by Charley? (2023)

Galesburg, Illinois

July 18, 1894

SA III (4 marks)

2 To make sure, I walked over the news boy and glanced at the stack of papers at his feet. It was The World and The World hasn't been published for years, The lead story said something about President Cleveland. I've found that front page since in the Public library files, and it was printed June 11, 1894.

I turned toward the ticket windows knowing that here -on the third level at Grand Central -I could buy tickets that would take Louisa and me any where in the United States we wanted to go. In the year 1894. And I wanted two tickets to Galesburg Illinois.

1. The newspaper that covered the lead story about President Cleveland was

1. The Pioneer (b) The New York Times
2. The World (d) The Times

1. The narrator wanted to buy tickets to _____.
2. Which of the following in the extract most nearly means the opposite of 'stare'?

1. glance (b) peek
2. ignore (d) examine

(c)

1. dismissal (b) acceptance

1. Charley wanted two tickets because he wanted to go with
2. Sam (b) Cleveland
3. Louisa (d) the Psychiatrist

Read the following extract and answer the questions

that follow: <math>(2023)(1 \times 4 = 4)</math>

Charley

I got to wishing that you were right. Then I got

to believing you were right. And, Charley, it's true; I

found the third level! I've been here two weeks, and

right now, down the street at the Daly's, someone is

playing a piano, and they're all out on the front porch

singing 'Seeing Nelly Home'. And I'm invited over for

lemonade. Come on back, Charley and Louisa. Keep

looking till you find the third level! It's worth it,

believe me!

The note is signed Sam. (4) (i)

1. surprise (b) doubt

1. excitement (d) anger

1. What was Sam Weiner's reaction when Charley told him about the third level?
2. The phrase 'Charley, it's true' in the context of the extract implies which of the given options?

(2023)

L Sam is relaxed

Ш. Charley had migrated with Louisa

1. The existence of the third level
2. Sam had met Charley's grandfather Choose the most appropriate option:
3. l and II (b) II and IV
4. I and III (d) IV only

1. Sam wrote the letter to Charley in order to

LA II (6 marks)

Describe briefly the scene at the third level of Grand

Central as seen (or seemed to be seen) by Charley.

(2020)

How does Charley try to escape from the world of

insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress? (2020C)

CBSE Sample Questions

MCQ. (1 mark)

1. Classify (1) to (4) as fact (F) or opinion (O), based on your reading of the third level.
2. First day covers are never opened.
3. Grand Central is growing like a tree.
4. President Roosevelt collected stamps.
5. Sam was Charley's psychiatrist.
6. F-1, 3, 4: O-2 (b) F-2, 3; O-1, 4
7. F-2; O-1, 3, 4 (d) F-3, 4; O-1, 2 (Term I, 2021-22)

SA (2 marks)

'It's easy to judge others and give advice, but much more difficult to apply it to ourselves.' Elaborate with reference to the character of Sam in The Third Level. (2022-23)

1. In his letter to Charley, Sam writes, ".... then I got to believing you were right." What could have made Sam begin to believe? (2020-21) [8]

cause effect

Charley's stamp Wandering into the

collecting third level

LAI (5 marks)

cause effect

Everybody wants to Modern world full of

escape. insecurity

cause effect

Charley's wandering Charley's stamp

into the third level collecting

4 Read the given extract to attempt questions that follow: 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 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.

cause effect

Modern world full of Everybody wants to

insecurity escape

1. He was too busy to bother.
2. Why did Sam's verdict make Charley's wife 'mad'?
3. It made it difficult for her to accept that Charley would consult a psychiatrist.

1. (d) He was a very secure person.

1. It seemed to suggest to her that she was the cause of Charley's unhappiness.
2. It made her aware of Charley's delicate state of mind.
3. It offended her that Charley and Sam collectively accused her.

Sam's explanation to the reaction of Charley's wife

was _____ in nature .

1. critical (b) aggressive
2. clarifying (d) accusatory

Select the option that signifies the condition of people

of the 'modern world' mentioned in the extract. (c)

1. unsure (2) lazy
2. offensive (4) anxious
3. afraid
4. (1) and (3) (b) (2) and (5)

Select the option that displays a cause-effect set. (a) (b) (c) (d)

1. Why didn't Charley's grandfather need refuge from reality?
2. He had chosen to deny his reality.

(Term I, 2021-2