FYBCOM UNIT 1.3 THE NIGHT TRAIN AT DEOLI

Following are the features that author ascribes to the girl he sees at Deoli, which amongst them is not correct?

• Had a shawl across her shoulder

• Feet were bare and clothes were old.

• Pale skin, shiny black hair

• Confident and firm

Where did the author use to spend his summer vacations?

• With his grandmother in Dehra

• With his grandfather in Delhi

• With his grandmother in Deoli

• With his grandfather in Dehra

The author felt sad for the railway station at Deoli because _______________.

• He saw a lot of poor people there

• It was as lonely as the author

• He saw the girl he loved there

• It was surrounded by jungle

What does author do when the girl tries to sell him a basket?

• He purchases it immediately because he finds the girl really attractive

• He refuses initially because he doesn't need a basket

The Night Train at Deoli is written by _______

• Ruskin Bond

• Kipling

• O' Henry

When the author meets the girl for the second time, he feels like they are

• Lovers

• Distant Relatives

• Old Friends

When the author said that he had to go to Delhi, what did the girl say?

• I will come with you then

• I don't have to go anywhere

• I need to see my little sister

• I don't want to go anywhere

The lesson author drives home through this short story is _____________

• Memories don't matter

• Life is temporary and sad

• Life is about romanticizing like novels

• Life is not like a fictional novel or a film

The station at Deoli symbolizes the temporariness of life.

• True

• False

Many a times we lose people and things that matter to us a lot. But it's important that at least we remember them all in a good light.

• True

• False