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THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR Read and Find Out     (Page 14) Question 1. How is Ausable different from other secret agents? (or) What great qualities made Ausable a successful secret agent? CBSE 2013 (or) How was Ausable different from other secret agents? CBSE 2011 (or) How is Ausable different from other secret agents? How does he deal with Max? CBSE 2012 Answer: Ausable is different from other secret agents in more ways than one. He has a small room in the musty corridor of a gloomy French hotel. It was on the sixth and top floor and it was scarcely the setting for a romantic adventure. He was extremely fat. In spite of living in Paris for over twenty years, he spoke French and German with difficulty and had an American accent. Instead of getting messages passed secretly to him by beautiful girls, he got only a routine telephone call making an appointment. In these ways, he was different from the conventional notion of a secret agent. He dealt with Max by inven...

THE THIEF’S STORY Question 1. Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story? Answer: I refers to Hari Singh, the narrator of the story who is a 15 year old experienced thief. Question 2. What is he “a fairly successful hand” at? Answer: He is a fairly successful hand at stealing. He is an experienced thief. He is so clean and swift in his work that he robs people without being caught Question 3. What does he get from Anil in return for his work? Answer: In return of Hari Singh’s work, Anil gives him food and a place to live in. Page 10 Question 4. How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft? Answer: According to Hari, Anil would be sad not because of the loss of money but because of the loss of trust he had in Hari. Question 5. What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed? Answer: Hari’s experience at theft had made him aware of differences in reactions of people when they’re robbed. According to him, a greedy man shows fear...

THE TRIUMPH OF SURGERY Read and Find Out     (Page 1) Question 1. Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki? Answer: Mrs Pumphrey is worried about Tricki because he is unwell. He has refused to eat food and had bouts of vomiting. She feels that he is suffering from a serious health issue. Question 2. What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this? Answer: Mrs Pumphrey starts giving him extra snacks like malt, cod-liver oil and Horlicks, apart from his main meals, to improve his condition. She also continues to satisfy his sweet tooth with cream cakes and chocolates. She does not give him any exercise, considering his listlessness as well. She is not wise in doing so because overfeeding Tricki is worsening his conditions instead of improving it. It has made him very fat and lazy. Question 3. Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story? Answer: ‘I’ refers to the narrator, Mr James Herriot, a veterinary doctor. Question 4. Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s ...