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

Fowler jumped at the sudden knocking on the door. Ausable just smiled. "That will be the police," he said. "I thought that such an important papers, the one we are waiting for, should have a little extra protection. I told them to check on me to make sure everything was all right."

1. What did the secret agent tell Max when he heard the knock?

(i) The secret agent told Max that it would be his bodyguards. He said that he called his bodyguards for the protection the important paper he was going o receive in the night.

(ii) The secret agent told Max that it would be his friends. He said he called them to have a little reunion party after being such a successful spy.

(iii) The secret agent told Max that it would be the waiter. He ordered wine for himself and Fowler because he was very hungry.

(iv) The secret agent told Max that it would be the police. He said that he had called the police for the protection of such an important paper that he was going to receive that night.

2. Who was actually knocking at the door?

(i) Fowler cooked up the story of the police. Actually, the knocking at the door was of the waiter. When the door opened , he was standing there with a bottle and two glasses. It was all cleverly planned in advance.

(ii) Ausable cooked up the story of the police. Actually, the knocking at the door was of the waiter. When the door opened, he was standing there with a bottle and two glasses. It was all cleverly planned in advance. 

(iii) Ausable cooked up the story of the waiter. Actually, the knocking at the door was of the police. When the door opened, he was standing there with a bottle and two glasses. It was all cleverly planned in advance.

(iv) Max cooked up the the story of Fowler. Actually, the knocking at the door was of the waiter. When the door opened, he was standing there with a bottle and two glasses. It was all cleverly planned in advance.

3. Why did Ausable smile?

(i) Ausable smiled because he knew Fowler was trapped in his plan.

(ii) Ausable smile because he knew the waiter was trapped in his plan.

(iii) Ausable smiled because he knew Max was trapped in his plan.

(iv) Ausable smiled because he knew the police was trapped in his plan.

4. Why did the report needed some extra protection

(i) The report needed some extra protection because it had some secret information about new satellites.

(ii) The report needed some extra protection because it had some secret information about the recent attacks.

(iii) The report needed some extra protection because it had some secret information about the stolen diamond.

(iv) The report needed some extra protection because it had some secret information about the new missiles.

5. Who did Ausable asked to keep a check on him?

(i) Ausable asked the police to keep a check on him but actually it was all his clever plan and there was nobody keeping a check on him.

(ii) Ausable asked his bodyguards to keep a check on him but actually it was all his clever plan and there was nobody keeping a check on him.

(iii) Ausable asked Fowler to keep a check on him but actually it was all his clever plan and there was nobody keeping a check on him.

(iv) Ausable asked the waiter to keep a check on him but actually it was all his clever plan and there was nobody keeping a check on him.

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1. (iv) The secret agent told Max that it would be the police. We said that he had called the police for the protection of such an important paper that he was going to receive that night.

2. (ii) Ausable cooked up the story of the police. Actually, the knocking at the door was of the waiter. 5hen the door opened , he was standing there with a bottle and two glasses . It was all cleverly planned in advance.

3. (iii) Ausable smiled because he knew Max was trapped in his plan.

4. (iv) The report needed some extra protection because it had some secret information about the new missiles.

5. (i) Ausable asked the police to keep a check on him but actually it was all his clever plan and there was nobody keeping a check on him.

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