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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

Ausable was for one thing fat. Very fat. And then there was his accent. Though he spoke French and German passably, he had never altogether lost the American accent he had brought to Paris from Boston twenty years ago "You are disappointed," Ausable said wheezily over his shoulder.

1. Who is Ausable ? Who is he talking to?

(i)  Ausable is a secret agent. He is talking to Fowler, the receptionist.

(ii) Ausable is a secret agent. He is talking to Fowler, the other secret agent.

(iii) Ausable is a secret agent. He is talking to Fowler, a reporter.

(iv) Ausable was a secret agent. He is talking to Fowler, a painter.

2. How is Ausable different from others of his class?

(i) Ausable is different from other secret agents as he is very fat . Moreover, he lives in a room where there is no environment of romantic and thrilling adventure.

(ii) Ausable is different from other secret agents because he doesn't believe in disguising himself for the important missions and lives in his home.

(iii) Ausable is different from other secret agents because he is very simple and lives in a small hut where there is no environment of romantic and thrilling adventure.

(iv) Ausable is different from other secret agents because he keeps four bodyguards around him and lives in small fIat with dull surrounding and no thrill.

3. Why is Fowler with him?

(i) Fowler was his friend who just came to the hotel to catch up with him after so long.

(ii) Fowler is a reporter and a romantic writer. He wanted the details of some unusual happening from Ausable.

(iii) Fowler is a painter who just came to draw the portrait of Ausable.

(iv) Fowler was a reporter who came to a get together with Max and Ausable.

4. Who got fooled and by whom in the story?

(i) Fowler was fooled by Max in the story.

(ii) Ausable was fooled by Fowler.

(iii) Max got fooled by Ausable in the story.

(iv) Ausable got fooled by Max in the story.

5. Why is Max in Ausable's room?

(i) Max came to invite Ausable to a party.

(ii) Max came to meet both Ausable and Fowler because they all were good friends.

(iii) Max came to get hold of his pistol stolen by Ausable.

(iv) Max came to Ausable's room sneakily to get hold of the important papers.

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1. (iii) Ausable is a secret agent. He is talking to Fowler, a reporter.

2. (i) Ausable is different from other secret agents as he is very fat . Moreover, he lives in a room where there is no environment of romantic and thrilling adventure.

3. (ii) Fowler is a reporter and a romantic writer. He wanted the details of some unusual happening from Ausable.

4. (iii) Max got fooled by Ausable in the story.

5. (iv) Max came to Ausable's room sneakily to get hold of the important papers.

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