CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where did Max jump through the window?
A
office of the hotel
B
inside the other room
C
balcony
D
the roof of the other room
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Ausable, the quick-witted secret agent, made Max believe that there was a balcony below his windowsill. He also made him believe that the knockings at the door were made by the police. The confused, panicked and unnerved Max jumped out of the window.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Max wanted to hide himself on the balcony. He put his leg over the window and jumped on to the balcony. He dropped to the balcony, screamed loudly and died.

Detailed explanation-3: -He played a vital role in helping Ausable’s plan as it was Henry’s knock at the door which frightened Max as he mistook it to be a policeman at the door. This confusion forced Max to jump from the window assuming it to be a balcony and hence helping Ausable’s plan to get rid of Max.

Detailed explanation-4: -He fell down to the ground from the sixth floor.

Detailed explanation-5: -Max was in a state of panic and when he thought that he might get caught, he made it a run for it. Max jumped out screaming loudly because he had thought that he was jumping onto a lower floor. But to his dismay, there wasn’t any lower floor. She Max ended up falling to his death.

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