Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. To make sure, I walked over to a newsboy and glanced at the stack of papers at his feet. It was The World; and The World hasn’t been published for years. The lead story said something about President Cleveland. I’ve found that front page since, in the Public Library files, and it was printed June 11, 1894. I turned toward the ticket windows knowing that here — on the third level at Grand Central — I could buy tickets that would take Louisa and me anywhere in the United States we wanted to go. In the year 1894. And I wanted two tickets to Galesburg, Illinois. Have you ever been there? It’s a wonderful town still, with big old frame houses, huge lawns, and tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets. And in 1894, summer evenings were twice as long, and people sat out on their lawns, the men smoking cigars and talking quietly, the women waving palm-leaf fans, with the fire-flies all around, in a peaceful world.1 What did the narrator want ‘ to make sure’? A) he was not on the third level B) he was not on the second level C) he was on the third level D) the date printed on the newspaper was correct2. The word ‘glanced’ means the same as: A) looked down upon B) glimpsed C) gaped D) stared3) Why did Charley want to go to Illinois? A) in 1894 he could go anywhere in the United States B) it was easy to get there C) his friend Sam was there D) he could lead an idyllic life there4. What kind of life do the people of Illinois lead? A) comfortable B) relief C) tranquil D) wonder