The Railway Children Quiz Questions
1. What is the name of the youngest child in the family?
(a) Peter
(b) Phyllis
(c) Roberta
(d) None of the above
2. Where does the family move to after their father goes away?
(a) A cottage in the countryside
(b) A flat in London
(c) A house in the city
(d) A farm in Scotland
3. What is the name of the train that the children often watch?
(a) The Flying Scotsman
(b) The Green Dragon
(c) The Red Express
(d) The Midnight Express
4. Who is the Old Gentleman?
(a) A kind old man who lives in the village
(b) A wealthy businessman who takes the 9:15 train
(c) A retired railway worker who lives in the stationmaster’s house
(d) A mysterious stranger who appears out of nowhere
5. What do the children do to help the Russian refugee?
(a) They give him some of their food
(b) They help him find a job
(c) They teach him English
(d) They help him find his family
6. What do the children do to prevent a train crash?
(a) They flag down the train
(b) They throw stones at the train
(c) They run down the tracks to warn the driver
(d) They set off a signal flare
7. What does the Old Gentleman give the children as a reward for their bravery?
(a) A large sum of money
(b) A new bicycle
(c) A trip to London
(d) A gold watch
8. What news does Roberta bring to the Old Gentleman?
(a) That their father has been arrested
(b) That their mother is ill
(c) That they are moving back to London
(d) That they have found a new home
9. How does the Old Gentleman help the family?
(a) He pays for their father’s legal fees
(b) He finds their father a new job
(c) He helps them move back to London
(d) He proves their father’s innocence
10. What is the name of the station where the family lives?
(a) Three Chimneys
(b) Two Chimneys
(c) One Chimney
(d) No Chimneys
11. What is the name of the porter at the station?
(a) Bill
(b) Tom
(c) Charlie
(d) Perks
12. What do the children use to signal the trains?
(a) A red flag
(b) A green flag
(c) A white handkerchief
(d) A red and green lantern
13. What do the children call the stationmaster?
(a) Mr. Brown
(b) Mr. Green
(c) The Stationmaster
(d) Mr. Perks
14. What does the Old Gentleman give the children ?
(a) A new sled
(b) A box of chocolates
(c) A newspaper
(d) A book about trains
15. What is the name of the Russian refugee?
(a) Boris
(b) Ivan
(c) Szczepansky
(d) Nikolai
16. What does the Russian refugee write?
(a) Poems
(b) Stories
(c) Plays
(d) Music
17. What do the children do with the coal they collect from the railway tracks?
(a) Sell it to the local blacksmith
(b) Use it to heat their home
(c) Give it to the poor families in the village
(d) Trade it for other goods
18. What is the name of the newspaper that the children read to find out about their father’s case?
(a) The London Magazine
(b) The Daily Telegraph
(c) The Daily Mail
(d) The Guardian
19. What do the children learn about the importance of?
(a) Friendship
(b) Family
(c) Honesty
(d) All of the above
20. What do the children use to communicate with each other?
(a) A telegraph
(b) A telephone
(c) A whistle
(d) A code
21. What do the children do with the money they earn?
(a) They save it for a rainy day
(b) They spend it on sweets
(c) They give it to their mother
(d) They donate it to charity
22. What is the name of the dog that lives in the village?
(a) Rover
(b) Fido
(c) Spot
(d) None of the above
23. What is the name of the cat that lives in the village?
(a) Tom
(b) Dick
(c) Harry
(d) None of the above
24. What is the name of the eldest child in the family?
(a) Peter
(b) Phyllis
(c) Roberta
(d) James
25. Who is the author of The Railway Children?
(a) Ursula K. Le Guin
(b) Walt Disney
(c) Edith Nesbit
(d) Roald Dahl
The Railway Children with Answers
1. What is the name of the youngest child in the family?
(b) Phyllis
2. Where does the family move to after their father goes away?
(a) A cottage in the countryside
3. What is the name of the train that the children often watch?
(b) The Green Dragon
4. Who is the Old Gentleman?
(b) A wealthy businessman who takes the 9:15 train
5. What do the children do to help the Russian refugee?
(d) They help him find his family
6. What do the children do to prevent a train crash?
(a) They flag down the train
7. What does the Old Gentleman give the children as a reward for their bravery?
(d) A gold watch
8. What news does Roberta bring to the Old Gentleman?
(a) That their father has been arrested
9. How does the Old Gentleman help the family?
(d) He proves their father’s innocence
10. What is the name of the station where the family lives?
(a) Three Chimneys
11. What is the name of the porter at the station?
(d) Perks
12. What do the children use to signal the trains?
(b) A green flag
13. What do the children call the stationmaster?
(c) The Stationmaster
14. What does the Old Gentleman give the children ?
(c) A newspaper
15. What is the name of the Russian refugee?
(c) Szczepansky
16. What does the Russian refugee write?
(b) Stories
17. What do the children do with the coal they collect from the railway tracks?
(b) Use it to heat their home
18. What is the name of the newspaper that the children read to find out about their father’s case?
(a) The London Magazine
19. What do the children learn about the importance of?
(d) All of the above
20. What do the children use to communicate with each other?
(d) A code
21. What do the children do with the money they earn?
(c) They give it to their mother
22. What is the name of the dog that lives in the village?
(d) None of the above
23. What is the name of the cat that lives in the village?
(d) None of the above
24. What is the name of the eldest child in the family?
(c) Roberta
25. Who is the author of The Railway Children?
(c) Edith Nesbit
