| Class | 10th |
| Subject | English |
| Book | Footprints Without Feet |
| Category | Important Questions |
Class 10 English Chapter 3 – The Midnight Visitor Important Question Answer
Long Questions
Q1. Why did Fowler want to meet Ausable ? Why was he disillusioned in the beginning ? What happens in the end ? Most Important
Ans – In the beginning of the story Fowler want to meet Ausable because he did not at all look like a secret agent of his imagination. He found him quite boaring. so he was disillusioned in the beginning. He did not want to be with him any more. But when he found Max in his room with a gun, he was trilled. He coked-up a story about the balcony outside his window. When the waiter knocked at the door, Ausable told Max that it would be the Police. He told him that he called the police for the security of that important paper. Hearing this Max jumped outside the window to the balcony. But there was no balcony. He fell from 6th floor and diet. So in the end of the story Fowler was not disappointed with Ausable.
Q2. Write a character sketch of the Secret Agent Ausable.
Ans – Ausable was a secret agent. He was a fat and sloppy fellow. In his appearance, he did not seem to be a romantic figure. He came to Paris from Boston twenty years ago. He could speak French and German passably. He had not lost the American accent. Ausable was a intelligent person. He did not loose heart in difficult situations. He had a great presence of mind. When he faced Max with a gun then he told a story about balcony. He made Max nervous by telling him about the police. He got killed Max without any fight.
Q3. How did Ausable befool Max ? Describe. (The Midnight Visitor) Most Important
Ans – Ausable was a secret agent. He was living in a French hotel. His room was at the sixth and top floor of the hotel. One evening a young writer named Fowler came to meet him. When they entered the room and switched on the light, they found a man standing in the centre of the room. He had a pistol in his hand. His name was Max. He came there to grab the important report from Ausable. Seeing Max’s, Ausable remained cool and silent. But he seemed to be angry with the management of the hotel. He said that because of the balcony just below his window anyone could enter the room. When there was a sudden knock at the door, Ausable said that it might be the police. He said that he himself had called the police. Max jumped through the window to the balcony. But in reality there was no balcony. So, Max fell down to the ground from the sixth floor and was killed.
Q4. Describe the incident leading to the death of Max in “The Midnight Visitor”.
Ans – Ausable was a secret agent. e was a secret agent. He was living in a French hotel. His room was at the sixth and top floor of the hotel. One evening a young writer named Fowler came to meet him. When they entered the room and switched on the light, they found a man standing in the centre of the room. He had a pistol in his hand. His name was Max. He came there to grab the important report from Ausable. But he seemed to be angry with the management of the hotel. He said that because of the balcony. Seeing Max, Ausable remained cool and below his window anyone could enter the room. When there was a sudden knock at the door, Ausable said that it might be the police. He said that he himself had called the police. Max jumped through the window to the balcony. But in reality there was no balcony. So, Max fell down to the ground from the sixth floor and was killed.
Short Questions
Q1. Who was in Ausable’s room ? What was in his hand ? Most Important
Ans – Max was in Ausable’s room. He was a secret agent. He had a Automatic pistol in his hand.
Q2. Why did Fowler want to meet Ausable ? Why was he disappointed ? Most Important
Ans – Fowler was a young and romantic writer. He wanted to meet Ausable because he was a secret agent. He was disappointed to meet Ausable because he was a fat sloppy fellow. He was not romantic. He lived in a small room in a gloomy hotel.
Q3. Who came to meet Ausable ? What was his profession ? Most Important
Ans – Fowler came to meet Ausable. He is a writer and comes here to see the Ausable because he wants to write a romatic story.
Q4. How did Max enter Ausable’s room ? Why did he do so ?
Ans – Max entered into the Ausable’s room through gate after opening gate with a pass key. He came here for the report that is being brought tonight concerning some new missiles.
Q5. How is Ausable different from other secret agents ? (The Midnight Visitor)
Ans – Generally secret agents are strong and smart persons. They carry pistols with them and wear black glasses. They have been to parties where beautiful women slip messages in their hands. But Ausable is totally different. He is a fat fellow. He lives in a gloomy French hotel room. There is no pistol with him. Thus, Ausable is different from other secret agents.
Q6. What story did Ausable tell Max about the balcony ? Why did he tell him so ? (The Midnight Visitor)
Ans – Ausable told max that this is the second time when someone entered into my room through a balcony. This balcony is not of my building, that balcony belongs to the next appartment. Ausable told him this story because he wants to get rid from Max.
Q7. What was Max’s purpose to enter Ausable’s room ? (The Midnight Visitor)
Ans – Max wants to take the document that was coming for Ausable in Ausable’s room tonight. This was the secret document about the new missiles. So max entered into the Ausable’s room.
Q8. What happened when Ausable entered his hotel room ?
Ans – When Ausable entered into his room of his hotel, he found a man named Max with a Automatic pistol in his hand.
Q9. What was someone expected to bring to Ausable’s room?
Ans – Someone was expected to bring a paper containing an important information to Ausable’s room.
Q10. Who knocked at Ausable’s door ? Most Important
Ans – The waiter knocked at Ausable’s door.
Q11. How has Max got in ?
Ans – Max entered into the Ausable’s room through gate after opening gate with a pass key.
Q12. How did Ausable get rid of Max ?
Ans – Ausable cooked-up a story about balcony. Max believed about that story. When the waiter knocked at the door, Ausable told that it would be the police. Ausable told that he had called the police for the security of that important paper. Hearing that Max jumped outside the window to the balcony. But there was no balcony. He fell down from sixth floor and diet.
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