CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where was the balcony?
A
outside the window of the room
B
on the roof of the room
C
outside the back door of the room
D
none of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ans. Ausable cocked-up a story. He told Max that there was a balcony just below his window.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ans. Ausable very cleverly convinced Max that there existed a balcony below the windowsill of his room. Actually, it was a trap to make Max jump out of the window.

Detailed explanation-3: -Actually, there was no balcony below the window of his room. Ausable cooked up a story that the balcony below his room had become a big nuisance. It was the second time that someone had got into his room through it. Actually, he wanted to confuse Max and make him jump out of the window to get rid of him.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ausable was an intelligent spy. When he found Max waiting for him in his room, he made a story of a balcony under his window. He convinced Max about the balcony. And thus, when someone knocked at the door, Max fearing it to be the police, jumped out of the window and died.

Detailed explanation-5: -He started saying that it was the second time in a month that somebody had got into his room through a balcony. Max had no knowledge about the balcony. He reported that he had a passkey. Ausable explained that the balcony belonged to the next apartment which used to be the living room.

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