Question
Answer the following questions:
- To where did Mortimer follow the shadow figure?
- Why do you think Mortimer’s hands trembled when he turned the pages of the book?
- “Mortimer tried to grasp the strange cycle of events he was going through” What was the strange cycle of events?
- Do you think the strange incident that happened to Mortimer would not have occurred if he had not read the book?
Answer
- Mortimer followed the shadow figure to an upper room where a bright fire was burning.
- Mortimer was scared because it was the same book that he had read in his childhood.
- Mortimer realized that it was the same book from his childhood, the book which contained the story of ‘Midnight Express.’ Also, the figure looked exactly like him, all these events were strange.
- It was all in the head of Mortimer, so if he had not read the book, the strange incident would not have taken place.
