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The Railway Children Sample Question & Answer

The passage summarizes an important event from the novel "The Railway Children" where Bobbie and her siblings save a train. They notice a landslide on the railway tracks and use flags made from a petticoat to warn an approaching train. When the train does not stop, Bobbie bravely runs onto the tracks waving flags to stop the train just 20 meters away, potentially saving many lives. Their quick thinking and teamwork to warn the train through flag signals and Bobbie's courage in stopping the train directly make this an important and exciting event from the story.

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The Railway Children Sample Question & Answer

The passage summarizes an important event from the novel "The Railway Children" where Bobbie and her siblings save a train. They notice a landslide on the railway tracks and use flags made from a petticoat to warn an approaching train. When the train does not stop, Bobbie bravely runs onto the tracks waving flags to stop the train just 20 meters away, potentially saving many lives. Their quick thinking and teamwork to warn the train through flag signals and Bobbie's courage in stopping the train directly make this an important and exciting event from the story.

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The Railway Children –

Sample Exam Question & Answer on An Important Event

Q: Based on the novel you have studied, write about an important event in
the story.

Based on the novel The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit, the event which
caught my attention is when Bobbie and her siblings saved the train.

One day, the children took a walk along the top of the hill beside the
railway line. Suddenly, they heard a noise and saw half the hillside crashed
down onto the railway line below. The children realised that the 11.29 a.m
train was in danger. They used the girls’ red petticoat to make six flags to
warn the train. The train came down the track too fast. Bobbie was afraid
that it would not see them. She ran onto the line waving two flags. The
train stopped just twenty metres away from Bobbie.

I find this event important because the children have shown their bravery
to prevent a terrible tragedy. They were not afraid instead they were
willing to risk their lives to save the train and the passengers in it. Bobbie
was brave enough to run onto the track when she realized the train would
not stop. This act should be praised.

Another reason is their team work. They worked together to save the train;
tore the girls' red petticoat and made six flags to warn the train. Here, I
could see that they cooperated to accomplish their mission, that was to
save the train.

This important event makes the story more interesting. Reading about the
children's courage and the adventure they went through is definitely
exciting.

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