THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

QUESTION : Based on the novel, write on a valuable lesson that you have learnt.
Support your answer with evidence from the text.
ANSWER :
One valuable lesson that I have learnt from the novel is that even if we fall on hard times, we must
not steal.
- When the weather became cold, Mother could not afford to buy enough coal to heat up the house.
- Peter felt that since he should do something to help his family.
- He had noticed a heap of coal at the station yard and thought of a way to steal it.
- Peter successfully stole some coal a few times.
- He was soon caught by Station Master but let go with a warning.
- Peter promise not to steal again.
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QUESTION : Based on the novel, write on one of the themes.
Support your answer with evidence from the text.
ANSWER :
- One of the themes in the novel is the importance of being resourceful.
- One day, the children were playing near the railway tracks.
- There was a landslide.
- It covered the railway tracks.
- The children realized the danger if a train passed through.
- They thought a way to stop the train.
- The girls took off their red petticoats and tore them into pieces.
- They tied it to sticks.
- The children waved the red flags when the train came.
- Luckily, the train stopped in time and the passengers were saved.
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QUESTION : Based on the novel, write on your favourite character.
Support your answer with evidence from the text.
ANSWER :
- In the novel, my favourite character is Roberta or Bobbie.
- I like her because she is a determined person.
- When mother was ill, the doctor said she needed special food to get better.
- The food was expensive.
- Bobbie was determined to get it for mother.
- She and her siblings asked the old gentleman from the train for help.
- He kindly bought the food for their mother.
- Bobbie also brave and caring.
- She and her siblings once went inside a dark train tunnel to save an injured boy, Jim.
- While Peter and Phyllis went for help, Bobbie desided to stay with Jim in the dark.
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QUESTION : Based on the novel, write on a memorable event that you like the most.
Support your answer with evidence from the text.
ANSWER :
- One memorable event that I like most in the novel is when the porter, Perkss birthday.
- Perk was not well off and had a family.
- To help him, the children asked the villagers for useful gifts to give to Perks.
- Most of the villagers agreed and gave willingly except Mrs. Ransome.
- She brushed them off.
- On Mrs. Ransomes birthday, they gave her some roses.
- She felt touched and gave apples and an unused pram to them.
- The children brought all the gifts to Perkss house.
- He was not happy as he felt the gifts were charity.
- They convinced him and finally he accepted the gifts.
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QUESTION : Based on the novel, write about an event you like most.
Support your answer with evidence from the text.
ANSWER :
- An event I like most in the story is when the children saved the 11.29 train from an awful accident.
- One day while Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis were walking by the fence along the top of the hill, they
heard a soft but very clear noise.
- The noise began to get louder.
- They saw a few trees collapsed on the opposite side of the railway line.
- A big rock also began to move and the the hill collided.
- A landslide had occurred.
- They need to inform the 11.29 train but the time is running out.
- Phyllis decided to use their red petticoats to stop the train.
- Peter cut the petticoats into six pieces and mounted them on a sticks.
- When the train is coming, they waved their warning flags.
- Bobbie ran to the line, waving her flags.
- The train stopped about 20 metres from her.
- Phyllis and Peter then went to inform the driver about what had happened.
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QUESTION : Based on the novel, write on a moral value that is significant.
Support your answer with evidence from the text.
ANSWER :
- A moral value that is significant in the novel is that we must be prepared to face life crisis and
difficulties.
- The three children wused to live happily in a lovely house in London.
- One day, they had to face great disgrace and poverty.
- Father was imprisoned for selling state secrets to another country.
- Life was different but they tried their best to cope with it.
- They had to play being poor.
- Mother wrote stories to earn what little to live on.

The children did not able to go to school anymore and they learned with mother.
Life was difficult for the children without Father around.
They were sad but soon got used to it.
They learned to face whatever crisis and difficulties with determination, patience and bravery.