line-by-line short questions and MCQs from Alfred Noyes’s Midnight Express

Line-by-line short questions and MCQs  from Alfred Noyes’s Midnight Express 

 Line-by-Line Short Questions and MCQs

Midnight Express – Alfred Noyes

By PKG SIR 

 

Part – I

(Intro + First Passage)

Short Questions:

1. Who was Alfred Noyes?

2. Name two famous ballads of Alfred Noyes.

3. What was the title of Alfred Noyes’s famous short story?

4. How old was Mortimer when he found the battered old book?

5. Where did Mortimer find the red leather-bound book?

6. When did Mortimer usually read the book?

7. What sounds did Mortimer hear while reading at night?

8. What was the title of the story in the old book?

9. On which page was the strange illustration found?

10. What was shown in the illustration?

11. What was the expression of the man in the picture?

12. Why did Mortimer stop reading beyond page fifty?

MCQs:

1. Alfred Noyes was a __________.

a) Novelist

b) Poet

c) Essayist

d) Playwright

2. Mortimer discovered the battered book in his __________.

a) School

b) Friend’s house

c) Father’s library

d) Shop

3. The book was bound in __________.

a) Blue cloth

b) Green silk

c) Red leather

d) Brown paper

4. Mortimer read the book by __________.

a) Torchlight

b) Candlelight

c) Lamplight

d) Moonlight

5. The story inside the battered book was called __________.

a) The Highwayman

b) The Midnight Express

c) The Shadow Man

d) The Dark Tunnel

6. The illustration on page fifty showed __________.

a) A train moving fast

b) A crowded platform

c) An empty railway platform at night

d) A sunny landscape

7. The lamp in the picture gave a __________ light.

a) Bright white

b) Red glowing

c) Dull yellow

d) Greenish

8. In the illustration, the solitary man stood __________.

a) Beside a train

b) Under a dull lamp

c) At the ticket counter

d) In front of the cottage

 

Part – II

(Second Passage – Meeting the Figure)

Short Questions:

1. How old was Mortimer when many years had passed?

2. At what time was Mortimer waiting for a train?

3. Where was Mortimer waiting for the train?

4. What did Mortimer suddenly notice in the lamp light?

5. Where had Mortimer seen the solitary figure before?

6. What was the figure facing?

7. What did Mortimer see when he looked into the figure’s face?

8. How did Mortimer feel on seeing his own face?

9. What did Mortimer do after the shocking encounter?

10. What sound followed Mortimer while running?

MCQs:

1. Mortimer was waiting for a train at __________.

a) A busy station

b) A dark junction

c) His hometown

d) A crowded city

2. The solitary figure appeared under a __________.

a) Bright lamp

b) Dull lamp

c) Street light

d) Torchlight

3. The figure’s face was turned towards __________.

a) The train

b) The tunnel

c) The clock

d) The road

4. Mortimer was shocked because he saw __________.

a) His friend’s face

b) A ghost’s face

c) His own face

d) His father’s face

5. Mortimer broke into a __________.

a) Deep sleep

b) Wild run

c) Train compartment

d) Railway office

6. What echoed behind Mortimer?

a) A train whistle

b) The sound of waves

c) His own footsteps

d) Someone shouting

 

Part – III

(Final Passage – Cottage Scene)

Short Questions:

1. How far did Mortimer run before finding the cottage?

2. What kind of cottage did Mortimer see?

3. Why did Mortimer pound on the wooden door?

4. What sound did he hear inside the cottage?

5. Who opened the door?

6. What did the shadowy figure hold in his hand?

7. Did Mortimer and the shadowy figure exchange any words?

8. What did the shadowy figure do to Mortimer?

9. Where did they go together?

10. What sound came from the stairs?

MCQs:

1. Mortimer saw a cottage that was __________.

a) Large and red

b) Small and white

c) Old and broken

d) Big and brown

2. Mortimer knocked on the door by __________.

a) Tapping

b) Scratching

c) Pounding

d) Whispering

3. The footsteps inside the cottage were heard on __________.

a) Wooden stairs

b) Marble floor

c) Creaking stairs

d) Stone steps

4. The shadowy figure appeared with a __________.

a) Lamp

b) Torch

c) Candle

d) Lantern

5. The figure invited Mortimer inside by __________.

a) Speaking gently

b) Beckoning silently

c) Pulling him

d) Opening the window

6. Mortimer went upstairs with the __________.

a) Shadowy figure

b) Train driver

c) Policeman

d) His father