1. Who is
the writer of the story?
Ans. Robert Arthur
2. Who was
the midnight visitor?
Ans. Max
3. What was
Ausable’s profession?
Ans. He was a secret
agent
4. Where was
Ausable staying?
Ans. In a French hotel
(Paris)
5. Who came
to meet Ausable?
Ans. Fowler
6. What was
Fowler’s profession?
Ans. He was a romantic
writer
7. Who is
the guest in the story?
Ans. Fowler
8. Who was
Max?
Ans. Another secret
agent
9. Where was
Ausable’s room situated in the hotel?
Ans. On the 6th (top)
floor
10. Who knocked at Ausable’s
door?
Ans. The waiter
11. What was Max holding in his
hand?
Ans. A pistol
12. What story Ausable
cocked-up to Max?
Ans. About a balcony
13. Where was the balcony?
Ans. Outside the window
of the room
14. Who fell down from the top
floor of the hotel?
Ans. Max
*3.
The Midnight Visitor (Robert Arthur)*
Short Type Q-Ans.
*1.
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?*
Ans. Ausable was different from other secret agents. He lived
in a small room in French hotel. It was on the top (sixth) floor. There was
nothing thrilling or adventurous about it. And he was also extremely fat.
*2. Who came to
meet Ausable? What was his profession?*
Ans. One evening a young
writer named Fowler came to meet Ausable. He had
come to gather necessary material for his book on secret agents.
*3. Why did Fowler
want to meet Ausable? Why was he disillusioned? *
Ans. Fowler wanted to meet
Ausable to know how he tackles his tasks being an agent. Fowler was disillusioned by seeing the
appearance of Ausable. As Ausable was a fat secret agent with an American
accent.
*4. How did Max
enter Ausable’s room? Why did he do so?*
Ans. Max had come into the
room using a passkey. He
had come to get the secret report about some new missiles which, he was sure,
was with Ausable.
*5. Was there any
balcony outside the window? How can you say that?*
Ans. No, there wasn't any balcony outside the window, we come to know of it when
Max jumps out of the window and he gives a loud scream. Ausable had falsely told Max about the
balcony. But there was no balcony.
*6. How did Ausable
get rid of Max?*
Ans. Ausable was a clever secret agent. When he found Max in his room with a pistol, he did not lose his courage. When the waiter arrived, Ausable told Max that it was
police. Max, in a panic jumped out
of the window and dropped himself from the sixth floor and died. Thus Ausable
get rid of Max.
Long Answer
*1. Write a character sketch of the secret agent, Ausable.*
Ans. Ausable was a secret agent. He was very fat. He came to Paris from Boston twenty years ago. He could speak French and Germany. He had an American accent also. He is very intelligent. He had great presence of mind. He did not loose heart in difficult situation, when he found Max in his room with a pistol, he did not lose courage. When the waiter arrived, Ausable told Max that it was police. Max, in panic jumped out of the window and dropped himself from the sixth floor and died. But in reality there was no balcony. Thus we see that Ausble's mind is very sharp.
*2. Describe the
incident leading to the death of Max in ‘The Midnight Visitor’.*
Ans. Same as above