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Fowler is scared to see a man standing in the room.Max who is tall and thin man and is holding
an automatic pistol in his hand . He had entered his room by using a key to take the report
concerning a new missile. Ausable ,sensing the danger, fabricated a story about the non-existent
balcony which Max believed to be true.Ausable complained that it was due to the balcony that
somebody had entered his room the second time. After sometime there was knocking at the
door.Ausable again befooled Max by saying that it was the police who wanted to come inside to
provide him protection. Max wanted to run away to avoid the police and jumps to his death into
that non-existent balcony.
hort questions & answers
True false
1. Ausable was very fat and he did not look like a secret agent.
2. Fowler saw a woman with a small automatic pistol in his hand across the room.
3. Was it the police knocking at the door?
4. Max was another secret agent who entered Ausable’s room to get the report.
5. The police arrested Max .
Ans. 1) True 2) False 3) False 4)True 5) False
1.Who was Ausable? Where was he staying?
Ans. Ausable was a clever secret agent. He was staying on the sixth and top floor in a French Hotel.
2.Who was Max? Why did he enter Ausable’s hotel room?
Ans. Max was another secret agent. He entered Ausable’s hotel room to get that report by force.
3.What did Ausable tell Fowler about the report?
Ans. Ausable told Fowler that he would see an important report concerning some new missiles.
4. Who knocked at Ausable’s room in the hotel?
Ans.Henry,a waiter of the hotel knocked at his room in the hotel.
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
Ans.Ausable is a secret agent but he is very fat and not much tall. His accent is also not
proper. He appears to be completely different from other secret agents.
Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?
Ans.Fowler is a young and romantic writer. His first authentic thrill of the day is quite
clear.He outwitted Ausable in a simple way.
How has Max got in?