CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was Max holding in his hand?
A
a piece of paper
B
a stick
C
a knife
D
a pistol
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Max was holding a gun in his hand because he wanted to threaten and frighten ausable so that he could easily take away the top secret papers from him.

Detailed explanation-2: -He had a small, automatic gun in his hand. A usable understood immediately why Max was there. So he misled him by telling him about “the balcony” and the police.

Detailed explanation-3: -With His Pistol in His Hand is a book about Gregorio Cortez written by Américo Paredes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Ausable reacted with shock and horror when he saw Max with a pistol. He pleaded with Max to put the gun down and not to do anything rash. He then tried to reason with Max and talk him out of using the gun.

Detailed explanation-5: -Fowler is a young and romantic writer who had come to meet Ausable. His first authentic thrill of the day came when they both entered Ausable’s room and Ausable closed the door behind them and switched on the light for halfway across the room, stood a man with a small automatic pistol in his hand.

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