English CBSE Class 10 NCERT Footprints Without Feet Chapter 3 The Midnight Visitor Free Solution of Extra Questions and Answers – Extract Based Questions Short Answer Questions Long Answer Questions and Value Based Questions
THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR
(Extra Questions)
Multiple Choice Questions
(i) Based on the extract, please classify following as fact and opinion.
1. The listener was aware that Ausable was a spy.
2. Ausable was dangerous.
3. The listener thought that he would listen to crack of pistols.
4. Drugs and wine do not go together.
(a) F – 1,2 and O – 3,4
(b) F – 2,4 and O – 1,3
(c) F – 1,3 and O – 2,4
(d) F – 3,4 and O – 1,2
(ii) Please read following sentences and based on the extract select the correct option
Statement 1: Ausable had a habit of over explaining his thoughts.
Statement 2: The listener had several professional attributes.
(a) Statement 1 alone can be inferred
(b) None of the statements can be inferred
(c) Both statements can be inferred
(d) Statement 2 can be inferred but statement 1 cannot be inferred
(iii) A word ‘espionage’ has been used in the extract. Which of the following word can be used in its place?
(a) intelligence
(b) brokerage
(c) camouflage
(d) apathy
(iv) Based on the extract which of the following, if true, could have reduced disappointment to the listener of the extract?
(a) Absence of pistols
(b) Speaker was a spy
(c) Presence of mysterious figures
(d) None of above
(v) In the extract, which of the following characteristic of the narrator is exhibited –
(a) pessimism
(b) understanding
(c) animosity
(d) negligence
(i) Based on the extract, please classify following as fact and opinion.
1. During the day, Fowler had not experienced a thrill before.
2. Ausable had a habit of blinking his eyes.
3. Ausable had assumed that Max was in Berlin.
4. Max had probably travelled from Berlin to Paris.
(a) F – 1,2 and O – 3,4
(b) F – 2,4 and O – 1,3
(c) F – 1,3 and O – 2,4
(d) F – 3,4 and O – 1,2
(ii) According to the extract, who was certainly surprised?
(a) Fowler
(b) Ausable
(c) Max
(d) All the above
(iii) Max appeared to be –
(a) fat
(b) dwarf
(c) cunning
(d) authentic
(iv) In which of the following phrase the word ‘automatic’ has not been used in the same manner as used in the extract?
(a) agile automatic car
(b) automatic floor wiper
(c) automatic credit of amount
(d) automatic water sprinkler system
(v) Please read the following analogy and select the most suitable word to fill in the blank.
Fowler: Ausable :: Thrilled: _______
(a) Grilled
(b) Dazed
(c) Composed
(d) Puzzled
(i) Based on the extract, please classify following as fact and opinion.
1. Ausable had called the police.
2. Fowler did not expect a knock on the door.
3. Max became nervous.
4. All the three people were waiting for the same paper.
(a) F – 1,2 and O – 3,4
(b) F – 2,3 and O – 1,4
(c) F – 1,3 and O – 2,4
(d) F – 3,4 and O – 1,2
(ii) A phrase ‘a little extra’ has been used in the extract. Which of the following is not the correct use of this phrase?
(a) Please add a little extra sugar if you need
(b) Please make a little extra effort for this project
(c) Please allocate a little extra time for your kid
(d) Please eat a little extra while you are on a diet.
(iii) Which of the following could be a possible reason for Max to become nervous?
(a) Jump of Fowler
(b) Smile of Ausable
(c) Knocking at the door
(d) Announcement of Ausable
(iv) Which of the following word is not used in the extract as a noun?
(a) knocking
(b) protection
(c) important
(d) police
(v) Please read following sentences and based on the extract select the correct option
Statement 1: Ausable believed in taking extra precaution.
Statement 2: Max could be easily deceived
(a) Statement 1 alone can be inferred
(b) None of the statements can be inferred
(b) Both statements can be inferred
(c) Statement 2 can be inferred but statement 1 cannot be inferred
(i) Based on the extract, what could best describe emotional condition of the Fowler?
(a) dilemma
(b) confusion
(c) anxiety
(d) fear
(ii) Please read following sentences and based on the information provided in the extract, select the correct option.
Statement 1: Fowler had expected police to be at the door.
Statement 2: Ausable was optimistic that Henry would arrive soon.
(a) Statement 1 is true and can be inferred from the Statement 2
(b) Statement 2 is true and can be inferred from the Statement 1
(c) Both statements are true and can be inferred from each other
(d) Both statements are true and can be inferred from the extract
(iii) A word ‘deftly’ has been used in the extract. Which of the following can replace this word in the extract.
(a) easily
(b) skillfully
(c) forcefully
(d) silently
(iv) Please read the following events and select the option that describes correct sequence in which these occurred?
1. Henry leaves the room
2. Henry enters the room
3. Fowler stammers
4. Henry uncorks the bottle
4. Ausable sighs
(a) 1,2,3,4 and 5
(b) 2,4,1,3 and 5
(c) 2,4,3,1 and 5
(d) 2,4.3,5 and 1
(v) Which of the following Henry most likely had with him though it is not mentioned in the extract?
(a) A white cloth
(b) A white paper
(c) An opener
(d) A voice recorder
Extract Based Questions
1. What is name of the person who had pistol in his hand?
2. Between Fowler and Ausable, who entered the room later?
3. Which word in the extract is synonym of ‘genuine’?
4. What was profession of Fowler?
2. Berlin is capital of which country?
3. Why Max had come there?
4. How did Max got into the room?
1. Who are listeners of above extract?
2. Where was this line spoken?
3. What is the meaning of phrase ‘you can bet on it’?
4. Which management is being referred to in the extract?
1. Who does ‘you’ refer to in above extract?
2. What type of paper Ausable waiting for?
3. What is meaning of phrase ‘take cheer’?
4. Where were the two men going when this conversation took place?
1. Why Max got afraid?
2.Who was at the door?
3. What is meaning of word ‘swiftly’?
4. Which word in the extract means ‘high pitched sound’?
Short Answer Questions (30-40 words)
Answer: Ausable convinced Max that there was police at the door. He also convinced Max about the balcony at his window. Max jumped to the balcony to hide himself from police. Actually there was no balcony. Max fell on the ground from sixth floor and died.
Answer: Fowler was a writer who had come to meet a secret agent. He had an impression that they were smart, had pistol in their hand and were surrounded by beautiful ladies. He found Ausable a fat and conventional person. Hence he was disappointed.
Answer: Ausable told that it must be police. He had asked police to check on him because he wanted to have protection during receipt of the important paper.
Answer: Ausable remained calm and composed. He quickly made a plan to get rid of Max. He executed his plan to the perfection and killed Max without using any weapon.
Answer: Max’s face turned black with anger because he thought that his plan of getting the important paper might not succeed.
Max asked Asuable to send the police back otherwise he would shoot to take his chance.
Answer: Ausable narrated that his room was part of an apartment which was divided some time ago. He quoted earlier instances and his complaint to the hotel management.
This narration was done with so much conviction that Max easily believed it.
Answer: Henry the waiter had actually knocked at the door. He had brought a tray, two glasses and a bottle of wine. Asuable had ordered these while coming to his room.
Long Answer questions (120-150 words)
Answer: On several occasions one would face situation that had not been foreseen. Life normally takes a turn without giving any advance indications. Such events would surprise us to a great extent and catch us off the guard.
In those circumstances remaining calm is an important virtue. This helps us to collate the current situation with forthcoming events. Through our presence of mind we can retrieve the situation to our own advantage.
In the story ‘The Midnight Visitor’, Ausable had not anticipated presence of Max. He remained calm, did not get irritated or lost his patience. Quickly he devised a plan to get rid of Max and executed it to perfection.
Answer: Fowler had an impression that secret agents were smart, had pistol in their hand and were surrounded by beautiful ladies. He found Ausable a fat and conventional person. Hence he was disappointed.
When Fowler and Ausable entered the room of the hotel, a person was sitting there. Max had a gun in his hand. Now Fowler had the first authentic thrill.
Max and Ausable both wanted to take possession of an important document. Ausable quickly understood the situation. He narrated the story about balcony with great conviction. Max took it as a true story. Ausable then related knock at the door with presence of police. Max jumped into the balcony to hide himself but got killed.
Fowler was impressed by the calmness and presence of mind of Ausable. So at the end of the story, Fowler had some thrilling experience.
Answer: Ausable could easily read what image of secret agents Fowler had in his mind. He understood that Fowler was disappointed to meet him. Reading of mind is an essential trait of a secret agent.
When he entered his room Max was already in his room. He did not express his irritation nor did he lose his temper.
He created a convincing story about existence of balcony at the window of his room. This was part of his plan to co-relate the next event.
When there was knock at the door, he coolly said that it was police. He also said that police had come on his request.
Deceived by these two stories, Max jumped into a nonexistent balcony. He fell on the ground from sixth floor and died. Asuable thus eliminated his rival without use of a weapon.
Hence Ausable was a clever secrete agent.
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