Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:
Jack Finney's fascinating story, The Third Level, follows Charley, an ordinary thirty-one-year-old clerk who unexpectedly discovers a portal to the past within Grand Central Station. Hurrying home to his wife, Louisa, on a hot summer evening, Charley takes a wrong turn down an unfamiliar, sloping subterranean corridor. Instead of returning to the standard platforms, he emerges onto a mysterious third level. Here, the room is visibly smaller, dim open-flame gaslights flicker, and commuters are dressed in late-nineteenth-century attire. Factual verification occurs when he notices an 1894 edition of The World newspaper that reports on President Cleveland. Seeking a peaceful escape from the intense insecurities, anxieties, and stresses of modern life, Charley attempts to buy two railway tickets to Galesburg, Illinois. However, the ticket clerk rejects his modern currency, warning him that it is not legal tender. Although Charley escapes arrest and later buys vintage bills, he can never locate the entrance to the elusive third level again.
Based on the passage, why did Charley's attempt to buy train tickets to Galesburg fail?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
Correct Answer: His currency was not recognized as valid by the station's ticket clerk.
Explanation
• According to the passage, Charley had traveled back in time to the year 1894 at the third level of Grand Central Station.
• When he attempted to purchase two tickets to Galesburg, the ticket clerk rejected his money because it was modern currency and warned him that it was not legal tender for that era.