What is the passage mainly about?

A quiet meeting that reveals a man's lost life as a musician (The short exchange on the platform and train is there to show who the man used to be and what he still carries.)

What does the man keep in the violin case?

Bread, papers, and a folded jacket (He says the case is empty of the instrument and that he uses it for bread, papers, and a folded jacket.)

Why does he still carry the empty case so carefully?

It still holds meaning from the life he had. (He holds it like a sleeping child even though the violin is gone, and he lifts it the same way at the end. The care is about his past, not the contents.)

In this passage, a timetable is

a list of train departure and arrival times (He reads it on the platform as though it were news, and it belongs to the station, so it lists train times.)

The Last Train: Level 2 Reading Comprehension Questions

The last train leaves at 12:40, and the platform is never crowded. There is a cleaner with a wide broom, two students asleep on a bench, and a man with a violin case.

The man does not play. He carries the case in both arms, the way people carry a sleeping child. Some nights he sits under the sign and reads the timetable as though it were news.

Tonight a girl asks him if he is a musician. He says he was, many years ago, and that the case is empty now. He uses it for bread, papers, and a folded jacket.

The girl does not know what to say, so she says nothing. They ride four stops together without speaking. When he stands to leave, he lifts the case with both arms again, exactly as before.

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