The Midnight Visitor – Objective Questions Class 10 English | Merit Yard

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Question 1 / 40Who is the author of 'The Midnight Visitor'?

A) Ruskin Bond

B) H.G. Wells

C) Robert Arthur

D) James Herriot

Question 2 / 40How did Ausable look?

A) Tall and handsome

B) Very fat and sloppy

C) Thin and smart

D) Like a soldier

Question 3 / 40Who was Fowler?

A) A secret agent

B) A young writer

C) A waiter

D) A policeman

Question 4 / 40Where was Ausable staying?

A) In a small cottage

B) In a big house

C) In a French hotel (on the 6th floor)

D) In an American hotel

Question 5 / 40What was Ausable's profession?

A) Writer

B) Secret Agent (Detective)

C) Soldier

D) Doctor

Question 6 / 40What language did Ausable speak with an accent?

A) French

B) German

C) Spanish

D) American accent

Question 7 / 40Where had Ausable come from 20 years ago?

A) Paris

B) Boston

C) London

D) Berlin

Question 8 / 40Why was Fowler disappointed?

A) Ausable was rude

B) The hotel was dirty

C) Ausable didn't look like a spy (no pistols or dark ladies)

D) He lost his money

Question 9 / 40Who was the other secret agent in Ausable's room?

A) Fowler

B) Max

C) Henry

D) Robert

Question 10 / 40What did Max have in his hand?

A) A report

B) A knife

C) A small automatic pistol

D) A bomb

Question 11 / 40How did Max enter the room?

A) Through the window

B) With a passkey

C) Through the balcony

D) Breaking the door

Question 12 / 40What was the report about?

A) New treasure

B) Gold

C) New missiles

D) A murder mystery

Question 13 / 40What story did Ausable invent to trick Max?

A) About the police

B) About a hidden treasure

C) About a balcony under the window

D) About a ghost

Question 14 / 40Who knocked at the door?

A) The police

B) The waiter (Henry)

C) Ausable's friend

D) Max's partner

Question 15 / 40What did Ausable say to Max when there was a knock?

A) It is the waiter

B) It is the police (to check on him)

C) It is the hotel manager

D) It is a friend

Question 16 / 40Why did Ausable frame the story of the balcony?

A) To scare Fowler

B) To trap Max

C) He was bored

D) It was true

Question 17 / 40How did Max describe the balcony story?

A) He knew about it

B) He didn't know about it (he used a passkey)

C) He climbed it

D) He liked it

Question 18 / 40What happened to Max?

A) He escaped

B) The police arrested him

C) He jumped and fell to his death

D) He shot Ausable

Question 19 / 40Was there actually a balcony?

A) Yes

B) No

C) Maybe

D) A small one

Question 20 / 40What did Henry bring?

A) Food

B) A tray, a bottle, and two glasses

C) A gun

D) A letter

Question 21 / 40How was Ausable different from other secret agents?

A) He was very fit

B) He was fat and lived simply

C) He carried a gun

D) He was very young

Question 22 / 40Who was 'slender, a little less than tall'?

A) Ausable

B) Fowler

C) Max

D) Henry

Question 23 / 40Fowler felt _____ after meeting Ausable initially.

A) Excited

B) Let down (disappointed)

C) Scared

D) Happy

Question 24 / 40What did Max want Ausable to do?

A) Dance

B) Hand over the report on missiles

C) Give him money

D) Leave the room

Question 25 / 40Which floor was the room on?

A) First

B) Third

C) Sixth

D) Tenth

Question 26 / 40Ausable claimed that the balcony belonged to ____.

A) His room

B) The next apartment

C) The hotel lobby

D) The kitchen

Question 27 / 40How did Ausable defeat Max?

A) By fighting

B) By using his presence of mind (wit)

C) By calling police

D) By shooting him

Question 28 / 40Fowler's first authentic thrill of the day was _____.

A) Meeting Ausable

B) Seeing a man with a pistol (Max)

C) Drinking wine

D) Seeing the police

Question 29 / 40What was Ausable's reaction to seeing Max?

A) He panicked

B) He remained calm

C) He screamed

D) He fainted

Question 30 / 40Max sat on the ______ to hide from the 'police'.

A) Chair

B) Windowsill

C) Bed

D) Table

Question 31 / 40What sound did they hear when Max jumped?

A) A loud bang

B) A soft thud

C) A scream

D) Nothing

Question 32 / 40Who actually knocked at the door?

A) Police

B) Waiter

C) Max's friend

D) Manager

Question 33 / 40Why did Ausable order the drinks?

A) To celebrate

B) He was thirsty

C) To create a diversion/trap (knowing the waiter would come)

D) For Fowler

Question 34 / 40What shows Ausable is intelligent?

A) He speaks French

B) He reads a lot

C) He cooked up a story instantly to save himself

D) He is fat

Question 35 / 40Why did Max believe the balcony story?

A) He saw it

B) Ausable said it with conviction and irritation

C) Fowler confirmed it

D) He was foolish

Question 36 / 40What was Max wearing?

A) A suit

B) A heavy coat

C) Casual clothes

D) A uniform

Question 37 / 40According to Ausable, how many times had someone entered via the balcony before?

A) Never

B) Once

C) Twice

D) Many times

Question 38 / 40"You are disillusioned," Ausable told whom?

A) Max

B) Henry

C) Fowler

D) Himself

Question 39 / 40The story teaches us that _____.

A) Spies should be fit

B) Guns are dangerous

C) Calmness and presence of mind can save you

D) Never trust fat men

Question 40 / 40Where did Ausable say the balcony extended to?

A) The street

B) Under his window

C) The roof

D) The garden