The Railway Children
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Chap 1: The Beginning of things The Railway Children Answer the following questions
- What did Peter get as his birthday present?
- How did Father treat the children?
- What was Father doing when the two gentlemen arrived?
- Who left their family after their father went away?
- What did Mother make the children promise to her?
- Where did the three children and their mother move to after leaving London?
- What did the children bring along with them to the countryside cottage?
- What happened to them at the cottage upon their arrival?
Chap 2: Peter and the coal
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Answer the following questions
- What did the children and their mothers do when they could not find their supper?
- What did the children do when they woke up the following morning?
- Where did the children go after breakfast?
- What was the function of the white line on the wall?
- How did their mother provide for the family expenses?
- Why didn’t the family light fires to keep their house warm during the wet rainy days?
- What happened to Peter in the station yard?
- What lesson did the children learn from the coal incident?
Chap 3: The Old Gentleman
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Answer the following questions
- What did the children do when the trains going to London passed by?
- Who waved back at the three children?
- What did the children do at the train station?
- What happened to the children’s mother?
- Who came to check on Mother’s condition?
- What was needed by their mother in order to get well?
- How did Peter attract the Old Gentleman’s attention?
- What did Perks, the porter, bring for the children?
Chap 4: Bobbie’s
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Answer the following questions
- What was Mother’s reaction when the children told her that they had asked the Old Gentleman to help them buy food and medicine for her?
- Why did Mother write a letter to the Old Gentleman?
- What did Bobbie receive for her birthday?
- Why did Bobbie’s birthday celebrations end on a sad note?
- What happened to Bobbie on the steam train?
- Who were the two railway workers who saw Bobbie on the train?
- Where did Bobbie change trains to go back home?
- How did Peter feel when he saw that his train engine was repaired?
Chap 5: Saving the train
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Answer the following questions
- Where were the children when the landslide hit the railway line?
- Who suggested to use the red petticoats as flags?
- Did the children manage to stop the train? How did they do it?
- What is the consequence of the children’s actions?
- Who invited the children to the train station for a special ceremony?
- Why was the ceremony held?
- What did the children get from the Northern and Southern Railway Company?
- Who did the Old Gentleman meet at the children’s house?
