Activity 5 – Answer the following questions

Question

Answer the following questions:

1. When had Mortimer seen the ‘dark and solitary figure’ in his childhood?
2. “Mortimer was shocked.” When was Mortimer shocked and why?
3. What was “steadily gaining” on Mortimer as he stumbled out of the platform?

Answer

1. Mortimer had seen the ‘dark and solitary figure’ on page fifty of the book ‘Midnight Express.’
2. Mortimer was shocked when he saw a dark and solitary figure on the platform. He was shocked because the image look just like him.
3. The footsteps were “steadily gaining” on Mortimer as he stumbled out of the platform.